bugallo

See also: Bugallo

Galician

cocos, carrabouxos, bugallos
Coco, carrabouxo, bugallo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bul(l)aka-, whence Old Irish bolach (swelling, blister), influenced by Latin galla.[1] Cognate with Portuguese bugalho

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈɣaʎo̝/

Noun

bugallo m (plural bugallos)

  1. gall (chiefly the oak gall or oak apple)
    Synonyms: bugalla, carrabouxo, coco, mazá de cuco
  2. (figurative) eyeball

Derived terms

  • Bugallal
  • Bugalleira
  • Bugallido
  • Bugallo (surname)

See also

References

  • bugal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • bugallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • bugallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • bugallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “bugalla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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