pezuña

pezuña f (plural pezuñes)

1. hoof (tip of a toe of ungulates)

Inherited from Latin pedis ungula (literally “nail of the foot”). Compare Portuguese pezunho.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peˈθuɲa/ [peˈθu.ɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peˈsuɲa/ [peˈsu.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -uɲa
• Syllabification: pe‧zu‧ña

pezuña f (plural pezuñas)

1. hoof

• “pezuña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28