fociño
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably related to Spanish hocico (“snout”), ultimately from Latin fodere (“to dig”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese focinho.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fociño m (plural fociños)
- snout
- Synonym: morro
- (figurative) nose
- (figurative, derogatory) mouth
- Synonym: morro
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fociño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “fociño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “fociño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hozar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos