angazo

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Etymology

From anga (handle) +‎ -azo, from Gothic or Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *angô (hook, angle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (something bent, hook). Cognate with Portuguese engaço.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡaθo̝/

Noun

angazo m (plural angazos)

  1. hand rake
    Synonym: anciño

References

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