sobaco

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese sovaco, Spanish sobaco.

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

1. (anatomy) armpit

   Synonyms: axila, sobrazo

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain or obscure origin. Possibly from a crossing of Late Latin or Vulgar Latin subāla (from sub + āla (“wing; armpit”); cf. Romanian subsuoară) with subhircus (from hircus (“male goat; smell of armpits”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from sub- + bracchium. Found uniquely in Ibero-Romance languages. Compare Portuguese sovaco, Asturian sobacu, and Galician sobaco, cf. also sobrazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈbako/ [soˈβ̞a.ko]

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• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: so‧ba‧co

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

1. (anatomy) armpit

   Synonym: (more formal) axila

Further reading

• “sobaco”, 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