cenzontle

Spanish

Alternative forms

cenzonte (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
senzonte (Honduras)
sinsonte (Cuba, Honduras, Mexico)

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl centzontleh, shortened form of centzontlahtōleh (“mockingbird”, literally “possessor of four hundred words”), from centzontli (“four hundred, a count of four hundred”) + tlahtōlli (“language, word, statement”) + -eh (“possessor of”).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /θenˈθontle/, [θẽn̟ˈθõn̪t̪le]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /senˈsontle/, [sẽnˈsõn̪t̪le]

Noun

cenzontle m (plural cenzontles)

mockingbird

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