bugallo

See also: Bugallo

Galician

cocos, carrabouxos, bugallos

Coco, carrabouxo, bugallo

Alternative forms

• bugalho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bul(l)aka-, whence Old Irish bolach (“swelling, blister”), influenced by Latin galla. Cognate with Portuguese bugalho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɣaʎo̝/

Noun

bugallo m (plural bugallos)

1. gall (chiefly the oak gall or oak apple)

   Synonyms: bugalla, carrabouxo, coco, mazá de cuco

2. (figurative) eyeball

Derived terms

• Bugallal
• Bugalleira
• Bugallido
• Bugallo (surname)

See also

• bugallo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “bugal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bugallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bugallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bugallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.