ñandú

See also: ñandu, nandu, Nandu, nandù, and nándù

Asturian

Noun

ñandú m (plural ñandús)

1. rhea (flightless bird)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guaraní ñandu guasu (literally “big spider”), perhaps by the similarity between the hair of the rhea and that of hairy spiders of the Amazon Basin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲanˈdu/ [ɲãn̪ˈd̪u]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ñan‧dú

Noun

ñandú m (plural ñandúes or ñandús)

1. American ostrich, rhea, nandu

Derived terms

• ñandú común
• ñandú petizo

Descendants

• → Catalan: nyandú

Further reading

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