tejón

See also: Tejon

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈxon/ [t̪eˈxõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: te‧jón

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Late Latin taxonem, from a Germanic language, from Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Compare German Dachs and Dutch das.

Alternative forms

  • texon (obsolete)

Noun

tejón m (plural tejones)

  1. European badger (Meles meles)
    Synonyms: tasugo, tejón común, tejón eurasiático, tejón europeo
  2. American badger (Taxidea taxus)
    Synonyms: bacher, juín, perro juín, puerco juín, tejón americano, tejón norteamericano, tlalcoyote
  3. (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
    Synonyms: antón, coatí, coatí de nariz blanca, coati pizote, chico, chico-ataj, chiic, choluga, pizote, puerco espín de la tierra, tejón mexicano, tejón pizote
  4. (Tabasco, Chihuahua) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
    Synonyms: chico, culú, lavador, mapache, mapachín, maxtlatón, osito lavador, oso lavandero, ratón lavandero, tejón solitario, tlamatón
  5. (Costa Rica) northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana)
    Synonyms: atzcacoyote, brazo fuerte, chupamiel, colmenero, hormiguero, hormiguero aborícola, hormiguero de collar, hormiguero mexicano, ñanadata, oso colmenero, oso hormiguero, oso melero
  6. kinkajou (Potos flavus)
    Synonyms: bibana, colapinta, cusumbé, godoy, hormiguero, kinkajú, marta, martes, martica, martilla, martucha, mico de noche, micoleón, micuño, oso de Michoacán, oso melero, tancho
Hyponyms
  • (gregarious (female or immature male) white-nosed coati): manadero, tejón de manada, tejón manadero
  • (solitary (adult male) white-nosed coati): gato solo, pizote solo, solitario, tejón solo, tejón solitario
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu

References

Etymology 2

From tejo (tile, plate) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

Noun

tejón m (plural tejones)

  1. a gold plate or ingot
    Synonym: tejo

Further reading

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