borceguí

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Etymology

First attested in Old French broissequin (1316), probably with known suffix -in from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “saddle-pad”), a material reused for shoes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /boɾθeˈɡi/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /boɾseˈɡi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: bor‧ce‧guí

Noun

borceguí m (plural borceguís or borceguíes)

  1. (Latin America) combat boot
  2. historical Spanish boot of the Middle Ages

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “borceguí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
  • Pezzi Martínez, Elena (1979) “Origen oriental del vocablo borceguí”, in Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos‎ (in Spanish), volumes 27–28, pages 79–109
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