besugo

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Galician

Besugo or ollomol
Besugo or ollomol

Etymology

Unknown.[1] Attested in 1242 ("uesugo").

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /beˈsuɡo/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /beˈsuħo/

 

  • Hyphenation: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

  1. blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
    • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
      Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas [] a quatro dineiros cada libra
      Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of seabasses and of smaller seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams , four diñeiros each pound
    Synonyms: buraz, ollomol, panchoz

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish besugo.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

  1. seabream
  2. (figurative, derogatory) fatso

References

  1. ^ besugo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈsuɡo/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɡo
  • Syllabification: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

  1. blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
  2. booby, dummy, yokel, clumsy (awkward or stupid person)

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