lenguado

Spanish

Etymology

From lengua (“tongue”), because of the shape of the fish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lenˈɡwado/ [lẽŋˈɡwa.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: len‧gua‧do

Noun

lenguado m (plural lenguados)

sole (fish)
Hypernym: pez plano

Derived terms

lenguado común

Descendants

→ Catalan: llenguado

Further reading

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

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