cuesco

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly a Mediterranean loan of sound-symbolic origin (or imitative of hitting a hard object),^[1] and cognate with Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”), though this is rejected by Furnee.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwesko/ [ˈkwes.ko]
Rhymes: -esko
Syllabification: cues‧co

Noun

cuesco m (plural cuescos)

stone (of fruit)
(vulgar, slang) raspberry tart; toot (flatulence)

References

^ “cuesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 733

Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 449