pericote

Asturian

FWOTD – 6 June 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈkote/, [pe.ɾiˈko.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧co‧te

Noun

pericote m (plural pericotes)

1. a traditional dance of Asturias
   • 1983, Corsino García Gutiérrez, Adulces, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 19:

     El Corri-Corri y el Pericote son espresiones vives entovía y pures, del mundu remotu nel que remanecieron.

     The Corri-Corri and the Pericote are practices that are still alive and pure, from the remote world where they have remained.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈkote/ [pe.ɾiˈko.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧co‧te

Noun

pericote m (plural pericotes)

1. a traditional dance of Asturias
2. (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru) mouse (animal)

Further reading

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