rebozo

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See also: rebozó

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rebozo.

Noun

rebozo (plural rebozos)

  1. A woman's garment of Mexico, a rectangular piece of fabric worn as a scarf or shawl and sometimes used to carry children or goods.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 6, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:
      Strange crossroad towns on top of the world rolled by, with shawled Indians watching us from under hatbrims and rebozos.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /reˈboθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈboso/
  • Rhymes: -oθo
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: re‧bo‧zo

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from rebozar, apparently related to boca (“mouth”), since rebozar has the sense of cover almost whole face, or mouth and nose, using a kind of headscarf.

Noun

rebozo m (plural rebozos)

  1. (clothing) rebozo (scarf or shawl)
    Synonym: paño (Mexico)

Etymology 2

Verb

rebozo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rebozar

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