esguín

Borrowed from Basque izokin (“salmon”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *esoxs.

• IPA^(key): /esˈɡin/ [ezˈɣ̞ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: es‧guín

esguín m (plural esguines)

1. a salmon fry that has not yet left the river

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