chuzo

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Galician

A nightwatch, armed with a chuzo

Etymology

Attested since 1707. Probably from Spanish chuzo.

Pronunciation

Noun

chuzo m (plural chuzos)

  1. rustic spear traditionally used to chase wolves
    Synonym: lanza
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      Alberte falemos craros
      nosoutros temos a culpa,
      que se foramos armados
      con aguilladas e chuzos,
      ouberàmos de botalos
      alò para en cas de Iudas.
      "Alberte, let's make this clear:
      we are to blame,
      because if we had been armed
      with goads and spears
      we would have driven them back
      there until Judas's house."
  2. spiked stick
  3. piston of a squirt gun

Derived terms

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃuθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃuso/
  • Rhymes: -uθo
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: chu‧zo

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably a metathetical variant of azuche (the pointed end of a pole) from Arabic الزُجّ (az-zujj), but it may be just expressive.

Noun

chuzo m (plural chuzos)

  1. spiked stick
  2. icicle
    Synonym: carámbano
  3. (Chile) old horse
  4. (Chile) idiot; dummy
  5. (Cuba) whip
  6. (Colombia) skewered meat, kebab
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: xuixo, xutxo
  • Galician: chuzo
  • Portuguese: chuço

Etymology 2

Verb

chuzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chuzar

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