pancho

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Galician

Buraces / panchos / ollomoles / besugos
Pancho ("axillary sea bream")

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pancho, from Mozarabic, or Old Northern French panche (paunch); ultimately from Latin pantex (paunch).

Pronunciation

Noun

pancho m (plural panchos)

  1. axillary sea bream (Pagellus acarne)
  2. blackspot sea bream (younger specimens)
    Synonyms: buraz, panchoz

References

Spanish

Etymology

Of Mozarabic origin, from Latin pantex (paunch); thus it can be seen as a dialectal variant of the inherited panza.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpant͡ʃo/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -antʃo
  • Syllabification: pan‧cho

Adjective

pancho (feminine pancha, masculine plural panchos, feminine plural panchas)

  1. calm, relaxed
    Synonyms: calmado, relajado
  2. satisfied
    Synonym: satisfecho

Noun

pancho m (plural panchos)

  1. young blackspot sea bream
  2. (colloquial) belly
    Synonyms: barriga, guata, panza, vientre
  3. (Argentina, Uruguay) hot dog
    Synonym: perrito caliente

Derived terms

References

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

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