avetoro

Spanish

Etymology

Superficially from ave (“bird”) +‎ toro (“bull”), but compare Galician abetouro, Old French butor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈtoɾo/ [a.β̞eˈt̪o.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧to‧ro

Noun

avetoro m (plural avetoros)

1. bittern (bird)

Derived terms

• avetoro mínimo

Further reading

• “avetoro”, 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