betoque

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan bartoc (bung), bartocar (to plug), or from Old French vertochier (to plug).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

betoque m (plural betoques)

  1. bung
    Synonyms: baldón, zapón
  2. spigot
    Synonym: espita
  3. large nail for fastening the iron rim or tyre to the wheel of a Galician cart
    Synonym: espita

References

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