carbunco

Galician

Noun

carbunco f (plural carbuncos)

1. Alternative form of carbúnculo

Spanish

Etymology

From an earlier carbunclo, borrowed from Latin carbunculus (“little coal”), metonymically referring to an abscess. Compare English carbuncle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbunko/ [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -unko
• Syllabification: car‧bun‧co

Noun

carbunco m (plural carbuncos)

1. (pathology) anthrax

   Synonym: ántrax maligno

2. (Costa Rica) fire beetle

Descendants

• → Tagalog: karbungko

Further reading

• “carbunco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014