vencejo

Spanish

Etymology

From older oncejo, from Old Spanish onceja, from Vulgar Latin *uncic(u)la, from Latin uncus, or from a Vulgar Latin *vinciculum, from vinculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /benˈθexo/ [bẽn̟ˈθe.xo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /benˈsexo/ [bẽnˈse.xo]

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• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: ven‧ce‧jo

Noun

vencejo m (plural vencejos)

1. swift (bird)

Derived terms

• vencejo de chimenea

 

Further reading

• “vencejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014