corchete

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet. Doublet of croché.

Noun

corchete m (plural corchetes)

1. square bracket
2. hook and eye
3. (Chile) staple

   Synonym: grapa

4. (colloquial, historical) cop; copper (police)

Further reading

• “corchete”, 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