cuesco

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly a Mediterranean loan of sound-symbolic origin,[1] and cognate with Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”), though this is rejected by Furnee.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwesko/ [ˈkwes.ko]
  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Syllabification: cues‧co

Noun

cuesco m (plural cuescos)

  1. stone (of fruit)
  2. (vulgar, slang) raspberry tart; toot (flatulence)

References
  1. “cuesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 733
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