different between mirasol vs girasol

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???s?l/

Noun

mirasol (plural mirasols)

1. A variety of chili; when dried, the chilis are called guajillos.

Anagrams

• Almiros, oralism

Asturian

Noun

mirasol m (plural mirasoles)

1. sunflower (flower)

Synonyms

• xirasol

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish mirasol (“sunflower”).

Noun

mirasol

1. (botany) sunflower

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mirasol (“sunflower”).

Noun

mirasol

1. sunflower

Galician

Noun

mirasol m (plural mirasois)

1. sunflower

Usage notes

• Less common than xirasol

Synonyms

• (sunflower): xirasol, catasol, tornasol

Spanish

Noun

mirasol m (plural mirasoles)

1. sunflower

   Synonym: girasol

Usage notes

• Less common than girasol

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish mirasol (“sunflower”).

Noun

mirasol

1. (botany) sunflower

   Synonym: hirasol

English

Alternative forms

• girasole
• girosol

Etymology

From Italian girasole, from girare (“to rotate”) + sole (“sun”).

Noun

girasol (plural girasols)

1. A fire opal.

Translations

Anagrams

• Argolis, glorias

French

Noun

girasol m (plural girasols)

1. girasol
2. sunflower

Portuguese

Noun

girasol m (plural girasóis)

1. Obsolete spelling of girassol

Spanish

Etymology

From girar + sol. Literally, "sun-turner".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xi?a?sol/, [xi.?a?sol]

Noun

girasol m (plural girasoles)

1. (flower) sunflower

Derived terms

• aceite de girasol

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: hirasol

Further reading

• “girasol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.