dragón

See also: dragon, Dragon, and drag on

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dracō, dracōnem.

Noun

dragón m (plural dragones)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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

• serpe

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dragon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Template:R:TILG

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Spanish

la estatua famosa del legendario dragón de Wawel en Cracovia, Polonia

una estatua de un dragón chino en el Palacio de Verano en Pekín

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/ [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞õn]

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• barco dragón
• boca de dragón
• dragón de Komodo

 

Related terms

• drago

Descendants

• → Tagalog: dragon
• → Waray-Waray: dragon

Anagrams

• drogan

External links

• Template:R:DRAE 2001