gazapo
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈθapo/ [ɡaˈθa.po]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaˈsapo/ [ɡaˈsa.po]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -apo
- Syllabification: ga‧za‧po
Etymology 1
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Unknown, possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. May be derived from Vulgar Latin *captiāre (“hunt”) with a local pre-Roman *-apo diminutive suffix.[1] Cognate with Portuguese caçapo and Catalan catxap.
Noun
[edit]gazapo m (plural gazapos, feminine gazapa, feminine plural gazapas)
- bunny, young rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from gazapatón.
Noun
[edit]gazapo m (plural gazapos)
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “gazapo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 137–138
Further reading
[edit]- “gazapo”, 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
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- es:Rabbits
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