balduque

Spanish

Etymology

From Bolduque, where red tape with which dossiers were bound was made.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈduke/ [bal̪ˈd̪u.ke]
• Rhymes: -uke
• Syllabification: bal‧du‧que

Noun

balduque m (plural balduques)

1. red tape (literally)

Further reading

• “balduque”, 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