perdigonada

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish perdiz

Spanish -ón

Spanish perdigón

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish perdigonada

From perdigón + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾdiɡoˈnada/ [peɾ.ð̞i.ɣ̞oˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: per‧di‧go‧na‧da

Noun

perdigonada f (plural perdigonadas)

1. an instance of shooting birdshot
2. a wound caused by birdshot

Further reading

• “perdigonada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025