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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with Old French ogre (“fierce non-Christian; fairytale man-eating giant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
huerco m (plural huercos)
- Hell
ca. 1439, Juan de Mena,
Comentario a la "Coronación del Marqués de Santillana" :
- era él esclaresçido rey e señor don Juan de Castilla e de León enbiando las sus ánimas a la boca del huerco, conviene a saber del infierno
- He was the illuminated king and lord John of Castile and Leon who sent souls to the doors of Orcus, by which is meant Hell
- the Devil
ca. 1305 CE, anonymous,
Libro del cavallero Cifar :
- ¿e dó huirá el que al huerco deue?
- And where can someone who owes the Devil escape to?
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish huerco (“Hell; the Devil”), from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with English ogre and orc. Doublet of orco and ogro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈw̝eɾko/
- Rhymes: -eɾko
- Syllabification: huer‧co
Noun
huerco m (plural huercos, feminine huerca, feminine plural huercas)
- (Louisiana, Mexico) little child
- Synonyms: niño; escuincle (Mexico, colloquial)
- (literary) depressed man crying in the dark
- (literary) the Greco-Roman underworld
- Synonym: inframundo
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