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tuna.

prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (Opuntia, especially Opuntia ficus-indica)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtuna/[ˈt̪u.na]
  1. prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal cactus (Opuntia, especially Opuntia ficus-indica)

    feminine
  2. nopal

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Taíno.

noun/ˈtuna/[ˈt̪u.na]
  1. a college singing group, wearing ornate clothes, called in the Americas estudiantina

    Spain · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French tune, possibly from roi de Thunes (“king of Tunis”), a title used by leaders of vagabonds.

noun/ˈtuna/[ˈt̪u.na]
  1. female equivalent of tuno

    feminine · form-of
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb/ˈtuna/[ˈt̪u.na]
  1. inflection of tunar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of tunar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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