zoco

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Galician

A zoqueiro making zocos
Zocos

Etymology 1

From Latin soccus (slipper). Cognate with English sock.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

zoco m (plural zocos)

  1. traditional leather boot with wooden sole, clog
    Synonyms: bota, chanca
    • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:
      Palurdos que vos vestides,
      Como eu, de sayo de lá,
      Polainas, zocos, monteira,
      E un bo baloco na man
      Rustics that wear,
      as myself, with a woolen robe,
      gaiters, clogs, cap
      and a good staff in hand

Etymology 2

From Spanish zoco, from Arabic سُوق (sūq). Doublet of azougue.

Pronunciation

Noun

zoco m (plural zocos)

  1. souq (market)

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθoko/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsoko/
  • Rhymes: -oko
  • Syllabification: zo‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Noun

zoco m (plural zocos)

  1. souq (market)
    Synonym: mercado
    • 2020 April 8, “China intenta sin éxito cerrar los mercados de animales vivos”, in La Vanguardia:
      También ha tratado de mejorar las condiciones sanitarias de estos zocos, estableciendo un sistema de licencias y prohibiendo la venta de aves de corral y otros animales en grandes urbes como Shanghai o Pekín.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
  • Galician: zoco

Etymology 2

From zoquete.

Adjective

zoco (feminine zoca, masculine plural zocos, feminine plural zocas)

  1. left-handed
    Synonyms: zocato, zurdo

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