esmerejón

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish esmerejón, esmerijón, calque of Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril, from Medieval Latin smerillus, from Proto-West Germanic *smiril, from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmeɾeˈxon/ [ez.me.ɾeˈxõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: es‧me‧re‧jón

Noun

esmerejón m (plural esmerejones)

1. merlin (small falcon)

Further reading

• “esmerejón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10