huracán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uɾaˈkan/ [u.ɾaˈkãn]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: hu‧ra‧cán

Noun

huracán m (plural huracanes)

hurricane

Descendants

→ Dutch: orkaan
- Afrikaans: orkaan
- Negerhollands: orkan
- → Danish: orkan
- → German: Orkan
  - → Serbo-Croatian: òrkān
- → Papiamentu: orkan, orkaan
- → Swedish: orkan
→ English: hurricane
- → Serbo-Croatian: hȁriken
- → German: Hurrikan
→ French: ouragan
- Saint Dominican Creole French: zouragan
- Polish: huragan
  - → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
- Russian: урага́н (uragán)
  - → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
- Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán)
  - → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
→ Hungarian: hurrikán, orkán
→ Italian: uragano
- → Serbo-Croatian: ȕragān
→ Portuguese: furacão

See also

Further reading

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

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