sobaco

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese , of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese sovaco, Spanish sobaco.

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

  1. (anatomy) armpit
    Synonyms: axila, sobrazo

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain or obscure origin. Possibly from a crossing of Late Latin or Vulgar Latin subāla (from sub + āla (“wing; armpit”); cf. Romanian subsuoară) with subhircus (from hircus (“male goat; smell of armpits”).[1] Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subbracchium, from sub- + bracchium. Found uniquely in Ibero-Romance languages. Compare Portuguese sovaco, Asturian sobacu, and Galician sobaco, cf. also sobrazo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbako/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: so‧ba‧co

Noun

sobaco m (plural sobacos)

  1. (anatomy) armpit
    Synonym: (more formal) axila

References

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

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