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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan coet, ultimately from Latin cauda (“tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈete/
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: co‧he‧te
Noun
cohete m (plural cohetes)
- firecracker
- Synonym: petardo
- rocket
2023 September 3, Carlos Marcos, quoting Bertha M. Yebra, “Memorias de una diosa del rock en España: “Toda mi vida ha sido como ir en un cohete””, in El País:Todo fue casual e improvisado. Yo nunca tuve ningún plan ni provoqué nada. Toda mi vida ha sido como ir en un cohete”, resume.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Mexico, Uruguay) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
- (San Antonio) pistol[1]
- Synonym: pistola
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Gillespie-Duelos, Eduardo. (1975) A Glossary of San Antonio Jargon. American Speech, vol. 50, no. 1/2, 140–142.
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