garduña

== Galician == === Alternative forms === gardunha (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Unknown; likely of Paleo-Hispanic origin. compare Spanish garduña. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɲa Hyphenation: gar‧du‧ña === Noun === garduña f (plural garduñas) beech marten Synonyms: fuíña, furatoxos, gatela, martaraña, martuxa, rabisaco === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garduña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “garduña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garduña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “garduña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unknown; likely of Paleo-Hispanic origin. compare Galician garduña. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaɾˈduɲa/ [ɡaɾˈð̞u.ɲa] Rhymes: -uɲa Syllabification: gar‧du‧ña === Noun === garduña f (plural garduñas) beech marten (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a disorderly crowd; a rabble; a mob (colloquial, El Salvador) a game in which a person scrambles or throws something at random for others to compete ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “garduño”, 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 “garduña”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010