mocán

See also: mocan, Mocan, moćan, and močan

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈkan/ [moˈkãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: mo‧cán

Noun

mocán m (plural mocanes)

  1. (Canary Islands) Visnea mocanera

Derived terms

  • mocanera
  • mocanero

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “mocán”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
  • mocán”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
  • mocán”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021