alzacuellos
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of alza (“to raise”) + cuellos (“necks”). Calque of French hausse-col, from Dutch halskote (literally “neckwear”).
Noun
[edit]alzacuellos m (plural alzacuellos)
- Alternative form of alzacuello
Noun
[edit]alzacuellos
- plural of alzacuello
Further reading
[edit]- “alzacuellos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10