golondrino

Old Spanish

Etymology

Masculine form of golondrina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo.lõnˈdɾi.no]

Noun

golondrino m (plural golondrinos)

  1. The chick or young of a barn swallow.
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 27r.
      […] ṕo non faz eſta uertud ſi non ſi eſtudieren amas las piedras en uno, o non fueren dun golondrino pollo.
      […] But it does not have this virtue if both stones are not placed in one, or if they are not from the chick of a swallow.

Descendants

Spanish

Noun

golondrino m (plural golondrinos)

  1. young swallow
  2. boil under the armpit
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