cuco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese; either onomatopoeic, or from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuco m (plural cucos)
- cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Synonym: cuquelo
- Tres avichouchos pasan o mar: a rula, o cuco e o paspallar (proverb)
- Three birdies pass the sea: the turtle dove, the cuckoo and the quail
- limpet
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “cuco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cuco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cuco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cuco, from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuco m (plural cucos)
- cuckoo (the bird)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeic; or from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Noun edit
cuco m (plural cucos)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
cuco (feminine cuca, masculine plural cucos, feminine plural cucas)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Portuguese côco, see more at Spanish Wikipedia.
Noun edit
cuco m (plural cucos, feminine cuca, feminine plural cucas)
- (folklore) bogeyman (ghost or monster to scare children)
- (figurative) bogeyman
- 18 December 2022, Diego Morini, “¡Argentina campeón mundial! La coronación del orgullo: la selección de Messi ganó la mejor final de la historia y se compró un lugar en el cielo del fútbol”, in La Nación[1]:
- Se mueve con un hambre que asusta y le metió miedo en la primera parte al equipo francés, que hasta aquí era el cuco.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “cuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).
Noun edit
cuco m (plural cuchi)
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