pescozo

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Galician

Pescozo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pescoço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from post- (“after”) +‎ *coccius (“nape”). Cognate with Portuguese pescoço and Spanish pescuezo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pesˈkoθo̝/, (western) /pesˈkoso̝/

Noun

pescozo m (plural pescozos)

  1. back of the neck; nape; scruff
    • c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 582:
      Et o Cçide leuãtouse et tomou o leõ pelo pescoço, bẽ com̃o se fosse hũu alaao manso
      El Cid got up and took the lion by the scruff, as if he was a docile alaunt
  2. neck
    • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 4:
      et tragia ẽno pescoço hũa pertega de caruallo entorta
      and he was wearing a twisted twig of oak around his neck
    Synonym: colo

Derived terms

References

  • “pescoço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “pescoç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “pescozo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “pescozo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pescozo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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