pulgón

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlicōnem, from Latin pūlicem (“flea”). Compare Portuguese pulgão, Catalan pugó.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pulˈɡon/ [pulˈɣ̞õn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: pul‧gón

Noun

pulgón m (plural pulgones)

aphid in the family Aphididae

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.