pescuezo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pescueço, with the first part deriving from the Latin prefix post and the second from an earlier coço.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pesˈkweθo/ [pesˈkwe.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pesˈkweso/ [pesˈkwe.so]
• Rhymes: -eθo
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: pes‧cue‧zo

Noun

pescuezo m (plural pescuezos)

1. scruff of the neck
2. neck (neck of animal)

   Synonym: cuello

Derived terms

• pescocear
• pescozada
• pescozón
• pescozudo
• pescuecear
• pescuecero
• pescuezudo

 

Further reading

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