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bugallo

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Galician

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cocos, carrabouxos, bugallos
Coco, carrabouxo, bugallo

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bul(l)aka-, whence Old Irish bolach (swelling, blister), influenced by Latin galla.[1] Cognate with Portuguese bugalho

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bugallo m (plural bugallos)

  1. gall (chiefly the oak gall or oak apple)
    Synonyms: bugalla, carrabouxo, coco, mazá de cuco
  2. (figurative) eyeball

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bugalla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos