aguaducho
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin aquiductus, alteration of aquaeductus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈdut͡ʃo/
Noun
aguaducho m (plural aguaduchos)
- current, torrent
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, 11v:
- […] alli do el ryo naſce ay unas muy grandes & otras pequénas como de otras piedras; non pueden traer estos aguaduchos ſi non las menores.
- […] there at the source of the river are both very large and small stones, like others, but these currents cannot carry but the smaller ones.
- Idem, f. 62v.
- Et eſtas piedras que yazen en aquella cueua no las pueden ende auer ſi no deſta guisa. que quando crece el ryo por grand aguaducho.
- And therefore the stones that lie in that cave they cannot reach but in this manner; when the river grows and becomes a large torrent.
- Et eſtas piedras que yazen en aquella cueua no las pueden ende auer ſi no deſta guisa. que quando crece el ryo por grand aguaducho.
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: aguaducho
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin aquiductus, alteration of Latin aquaeductus. Doublet of acueducto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈdut͡ʃo/ [a.ɣ̞waˈð̞u.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -utʃo
- Syllabification: a‧gua‧du‧cho
Further reading
- “aguaducho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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