cuco
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese; either onomatopoeic, or from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cuco m (plural cucos)
- cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Synonym: cuquelo
- Tres avichouchos pasan o mar: a rula, o cuco e o paspallar (proverb)
- Three birdies pass the sea: the turtle dove, the cuckoo and the quail
- limpet
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cuco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cuco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cuco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese cuco, from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cuco m (plural cucos)
- cuckoo (the bird)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Onomatopoeic; or from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Noun[edit]
cuco m (plural cucos)
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cuco (feminine cuca, masculine plural cucos, feminine plural cucas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese côco, see more at Spanish Wikipedia.
Noun[edit]
cuco m (plural cucos, feminine cuca, feminine plural cucas)
- (folklore) bogeyman (ghost or monster to scare children)
- (figurative) bogeyman
- 18 December 2022, Diego Morini, “¡Argentina campeón mundial! La coronación del orgullo: la selección de Messi ganó la mejor final de la historia y se compró un lugar en el cielo del fútbol”, in La Nación[1]:
- Se mueve con un hambre que asusta y le metió miedo en la primera parte al equipo francés, que hasta aquí era el cuco.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “cuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Noun[edit]
cuco m (plural cuchi)
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