alzacuellos
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of alza (“to raise”) + cuellos (“necks”). Calque of French hausse-col, from Dutch halskote (literally “neckwear”).
Further reading
- “alzacuellos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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