zancudo

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Spanish

Etymology

From zanca (leg) +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θanˈkudo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sanˈkudo/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: zan‧cu‧do

Adjective

zancudo (feminine zancuda, masculine plural zancudos, feminine plural zancudas)

  1. long-legged
    • 1930, Gabriel Miró, Dentro del cercado, Biblioteca Nueva (later reprint in an anthology, 1st ed. 1916), page 41:
      Entonces cambiaba mi vida por una vida newyorkina de mujer zancuda y flaca, con máquina de escribir en vez del bastidor de bordar, lentes, un fieltro hincado en el moño por un agujón como una espada y un traje liso y cortito, y tomando los tranvías a codazos.
      So I traded my life for the New York life of a thin, long-legged woman, with a typewriter instead of an embroidery frame, glasses, felt stuck to my bun with a hatpin like a sword and a smooth, short little dress, and taking the trolley by elbow nudges.

Noun

zancudo m (plural zancudos)

  1. (Latin America) mosquito
    Synonyms: mosquito, (Mexico) moyote
    • 2009, Sara Leon, Salitral, →ISBN:
      Cuando la lluvia cesó, emperazon a llegar las nubes de zancudos que habían crecido en los charcos de las lluvias de los días anteriores. Desesperados por la sangre empezaron a picar y picar. Con mis manos pequeñas los corría. Logré matar algunos pero al reventar los zancudos dejaban mancha de sangre y por el mismo olor llegaban más y más zancudos.
      When the rain stopped, the clouds of mosquitos that had grown in the rain puddles of previous days began to arrive. Desperate for blood, they began to bite and bite. With my small hands I waved them away. I managed to kill some, but bursting mosquitos left a bloodstain, and by the same smell, more and more mosquitos arrived.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Mezquital Otomi: sankudu
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: sancudo
  • Papiamentu: sangura
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: sancuro

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