sabueso

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Italian segugio), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).

Noun

sabueso m (plural sabuesos)

bloodhound
(colloquial) detective, sleuth

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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