dragón

See also: dragon, Dragon, and drag on

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dracō, dracōnem.

Noun

dragón m (plural dragones)

  1. dragon (mythical creature)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɾaˈɣoŋ/

Noun

dragón m (plural dragóns)

  1. dragon (mythical creature)
    • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 26:
      Coydaua Jaason de adormẽtar o dragõ cõ palauras et cõ heruas.
      Jason meant to put the dragon to sleep with words and herbs

Synonyms

References
  • “dragon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “dragon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “dragón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dragon, from Latin dracōnem, singular accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, dragon”). See also drago, from the nominative.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɾaˈɡon/, [d̪ɾaˈɣõn]

Noun

dragón m (plural dragones, feminine dragona, feminine plural dragonas)

  1. dragon (legendary serpentine creature)
  2. dragoon (horse soldier)
  3. (heraldry) dragon

Descendants

Anagrams
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