tamagás
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tamaˈɡas/ [t̪a.maˈɣ̞as]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: ta‧ma‧gás
Noun
tamagás m (plural tamagases)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) hognosed pit viper, a species of venomous pit viper found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. (Porthidium nasutum)
- Synonym: cabeza de candado
Further reading
- “tamagás”, 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
- “tamagás”, 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