dinosaurio
/dinoˈsauɾjo/ · B1 · noun · m
dinosaur
🦖 dino + saurio: saurio is Spanish for lizard, so a terrible lizard
From Greek deinos (terrible) + sauros (lizard). Spanish keeps the lizard as saurio, as in lagarto's scientific cousins. Stress lands on the SAU: di-no-SAU-rio.