borceguí

Spanish

Etymology

First attested in Old French broissequin (1316), probably with known suffix -in from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “saddle-pad”), a material reused for shoes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boɾθeˈɡi/ [boɾ.θeˈɣ̞i]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boɾseˈɡi/ [boɾ.seˈɣ̞i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: bor‧ce‧guí

Noun

borceguí m (plural borceguís or borceguíes)

1. (Latin America) combat boot
2. historical Spanish boot of the Middle Ages

Derived terms

• borceguinería
• borceguinero

Further reading

• “borceguí”, 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
• Pezzi Martínez, Elena (1979) “Origen oriental del vocablo borceguí”, in Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos‎^[1] (in Spanish), volumes 27–28, pages 79–109