rocinante
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁo.siˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ho.siˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁo.siˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [χo.siˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁo.siˈnɐ̃.te/ [ho.siˈnɐ̃.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁu.siˈnɐ̃.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: ro‧ci‧nan‧te
Noun
rocinante m (plural rocinantes)
- nag (weak and useless horse)
Further reading
- “rocinante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “rocinante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roθiˈnante/ [ro.θiˈnãn̪.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /rosiˈnante/ [ro.siˈnãn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: ro‧ci‧nan‧te
Noun
rocinante m (plural rocinantes)
Further reading
- “rocinante”, 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