Pedro Chosco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Pedro (“Peter”) + Chosco (“having a winked eye”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- sandman (mythological creature)
- 1886, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, Folk-lore español: Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españolas ...:
- Váite d'ahí, Pedro Chosco, non m'atentes a criada, que n-a calzas nin-a vistes nin lle pagas a soldada
- Go away, Pedro Chosco, don't induce my maid: you don't buy her shoes, nor clothes, and you don't pay her wage
References edit
- “chosco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pedro_chosco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.