golondrino
Old Spanish
Etymology
Masculine form of golondrina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾino/
Noun
golondrino m (plural golondrinos)
- The chick or young of a barn swallow.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 27r:
- […] p̃o non faz eſta uertud ſi non ſi eſtudieren amas las piedras en uno, o non fueren dun golondrino pollo.
- […] But it does not have this virtue if both stones are not placed in one, or if they are not from the chick of a swallow.
Descendants
- Spanish: golondrino
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡolonˈdɾino/ [ɡo.lõn̪ˈd̪ɾi.no]
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: go‧lon‧dri‧no
Noun
golondrino m (plural golondrinos, feminine golondrina, feminine plural golondrinas)
- young swallow
- (military) deserter, AWOL
- traveller, vagabond
- (politics) An admirer or fan of Nayib Bukele.
- (politics) A person exhibiting characteristics of Bukelism.
Derived terms
Noun
golondrino m (plural golondrinos)
Adjective
golondrino (feminine golondrina, masculine plural golondrinos, feminine plural golondrinas)
- (politics, El Salvador, often derogatory) Of or pertaining to the Bukelism.
- (Mexico) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Further reading
- “golondrino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “golondrino”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010