jardín
See also: jardin
Spanish
Etymology
From French jardin (compare also Portuguese jardim, Catalan jardí, Italian giardino), of Germanic origin; compare German Garten. Cognate with English garden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaɾˈdin/ [xaɾˈð̞ĩn]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: jar‧dín
Noun
jardín m (plural jardines)
- garden
- front yard (Ellipsis of jardín delantero.)
- backyard (Ellipsis of jardín trasero.)
- rabbit hole; a time-consuming, hard to abandon tangent or detour.
Derived terms
- jardín botánico
- jardín de niños, jardín de infancia, jardín infantil (kindergarten)
- los jardines (the outfield in baseball)
- jardinera (window box, jardiniere, planter, plant stand)
- jardinero (gardener)
- jardinería
- meterse en un jardín
Further reading
- “jardín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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