zaratán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān, “crab”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈtan/ [θa.ɾaˈt̪ãn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /saɾaˈtan/ [sa.ɾaˈt̪ãn]
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: za‧ra‧tán

Noun

zaratán m (plural zaratanes)

breast cancer

Further reading

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

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