paloma torcaz

Spanish

Noun

paloma torcaz f (plural palomas torcaces)

1. common wood pigeon

   Synonym: torcaz

   • 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Vagabundear”:

     Soy palomo torcaz / Dejádme en paz

     I am a wood pigeon / Leave me alone

   • 2015 September 25, “Rapaces tiroteadas en la media veda”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La media veda es un periodo, que se abre en verano y tiene casi un mes de duración, en el que se permite la caza de ciertas especies, como la paloma torcaz, la tórtola común y la codorniz.

     The half-closed season is a period which opens in summer and lasts for about a month in which hunting of particular species is permitted, such as the wood pigeon, the common turtledove, and the quail.

Further reading

• “paloma torcaz”, 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