tuminejo

English translation: hummingbird

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Spanish term or phrase:tuminejo
English translation:hummingbird
Entered by: Barbara L Pavlik

09:53 Apr 11, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Colombia
Spanish term or phrase: tuminejo
This is just in a list of animal species in the Andes of Colombia. It doesn't give a Latin name, and no indication of what type of animal it might be. Thanks for any help you might offer!
Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 21:42
humming bird
Explanation:
Should be 'tominejo', the humming bird.

http://enciclopedia_universal.esacademic.com/199101/tominejo



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http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/tominejo

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From the RAE:

tominejo.
(Del dim. de tomín, por su pequeñez).
1. m. pájaro mosca.

pájaro mosca.
1. m. Ave del orden de las Paseriformes, propia de América intertropical, tan pequeña, que su longitud total es de tres centímetros y de cinco de envergadura. Tiene el pico recto, negro y afilado, plumaje brillante de color verde dorado con cambiantes bermejos en la cabeza, cuello y cuerpo, gris claro en el pecho y vientre, y negro rojizo en las alas y cola. Se alimenta del néctar de las flores y cuelga el nido de las ramas más flexibles de los árboles. Hay varias especies, de tamaños diversos, pero todas pequeñas y de precioso plumaje.

From the Oxford Spanish:

pájaro mosca masculino hummingbird
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:42
Grading comment
Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2humming bird
Simon Bruni
5humming bird /colibrí
Patricia Urrutia


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tominejo
humming bird


Explanation:
Should be 'tominejo', the humming bird.

http://enciclopedia_universal.esacademic.com/199101/tominejo



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Note added at 6 mins (2013-04-11 09:59:37 GMT)
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http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/tominejo

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Note added at 7 mins (2013-04-11 10:01:15 GMT)
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From the RAE:

tominejo.
(Del dim. de tomín, por su pequeñez).
1. m. pájaro mosca.

pájaro mosca.
1. m. Ave del orden de las Paseriformes, propia de América intertropical, tan pequeña, que su longitud total es de tres centímetros y de cinco de envergadura. Tiene el pico recto, negro y afilado, plumaje brillante de color verde dorado con cambiantes bermejos en la cabeza, cuello y cuerpo, gris claro en el pecho y vientre, y negro rojizo en las alas y cola. Se alimenta del néctar de las flores y cuelga el nido de las ramas más flexibles de los árboles. Hay varias especies, de tamaños diversos, pero todas pequeñas y de precioso plumaje.

From the Oxford Spanish:

pájaro mosca masculino hummingbird

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Aha! Good catch, Simon. Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DLyons: Tuminiku - s. Zoon. Picaflor, colibrí. Se lo conoce también por la variantes españolizadas dominico y tuminejo.
5 mins
  -> Thanks, DLyons

agree  philgoddard: Google actually says 'did you mean tominejo'.
57 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil, that's exactly how I hit on it. But remember not everyone uses Google :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
humming bird /colibrí


Explanation:
In Colombia we called Colibrí. It is the Humming Bird. At least one of the many classes of it. By the way it is Tominejo!

Example sentence(s):
  • Los tominejos vienen al balcón a chupar agua de azucar.
Patricia Urrutia
Colombia
Local time: 20:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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