grulla

Italian

Adjective

grulla

feminine singular of grullo

Spanish

Alternative forms

grúa (obsolete)

Etymology

Probably from an alteration of Old Spanish grua, gruya, from Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾuʎa/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾuɟ͡ʝa/, [ˈɡɾuʝa]

Noun

grulla f (plural grullas)

crane (bird)

Derived terms

grulla blanca

Further reading

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

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