tocino

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tocino (literally “bacon”).

Noun

tocino (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) sweetened and cured pork belly

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin tuccētum (“pork conserved in brine”). Compare Spanish tocino and Galician touciño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈθino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: to‧ci‧no

Noun

tocino m (plural tocinos or tocins)

  1. pig
    Synonym: cochín
  2. lard
    Synonyms: blanco, lardo

Cebuano

Noun

tocino

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tosino.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tuccinum (lardum) (“bacon lard”), from Latin tuccētum (“pork conserved in brine”), from tucca (“liquid lard”), a word said to be of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-, related to Latin turgēre. The ending was influenced by the end of cecina (“sausage”). Compare Galician touciño and Portuguese toucinho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /toˈθino/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /toˈsino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: to‧ci‧no

Noun

tocino m (plural tocinos)

  1. bacon
    Synonyms: beicon, tocineta
  2. salt pork

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Tagalog

Noun

tocino (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜐᜒᜈᜓ)

  1. Alternative spelling of tosino
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