gusano
Chavacano
editEtymology
editNoun
editgusano
Spanish
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from Latin cossus (with an additional suffix), according to the Diccionario de la lengua española of 1884, but this is highly unlikely.[1] Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
In the sense of "counter-revolutionary" or "reactionary" it can be attributed to Fidel Castro.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgusano m (plural gusanos)
- worm
- Synonym: lombriz
- gusano de seda ― silkworm
- insect larva, such as a grub, caterpillar, or maggot
- (Chicano, derogatory) Hispanicized Mexican
- (Cuba, derogatory) Cuban reactionary or counter-revolutionary
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Chavacano: gusano
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “gusano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ano
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
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- Cuban Spanish
- es:Insects
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