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noun, masculine

esparaván

/espaɾaˈban/

noun, masculine/espaɾaˈban/plural: esparavanes

spavin, bone spavin

From esparver, from Provençal esparvier, via Frankish *sparwō from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, *sparwaz (“sparrow”) (since horses infected with spavin were said to walk like sparrows).