yezgo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish yedgo, from Vulgar Latin (Celto-Latin) *educus, from Gaulish odocos (influenced by or crossed with Latin ebulum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈʝeθɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝeθ̬.ɣ̞o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈʝesɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝez.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /ˈʝesɡo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝez.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃesɡo/ [ˈʃez.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒesɡo/ [ˈʒez.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -eθɡo
• Rhymes: -esɡo
• Syllabification: yez‧go

Noun

yezgo m (plural yezgos)

1. dwarf elder

Further reading

• “yezgo”, 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