cogollo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cucullus. Cognate with English cowl.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʝo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koˈɡoʝo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /koˈɡoʎo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈɡoʃo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈɡoʒo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

• Syllabification: co‧go‧llo

Noun

cogollo m (plural cogollos)

1. lettuce (or other vegetable) heart
2. (botany) shoot
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:

     el cogollo de palma

     the palm shoot

3. (botany) top portion of a tree
4. nub; crux
5. clique; select group

Derived terms

• descogollar

 

Related terms

• cogulla
• cucurucho

 

Further reading

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