fociño

Galician

Morros or fociños ("snouts")

Alternative forms

fucín, fuciño (northeastern Galician, central and western Galician)

Etymology

Probably related to Spanish hocico (“snout”), ultimately from Latin fodere (“to dig”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese focinho.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [foˈθiɲʊ], (western) [foˈsiɲʊ]

Noun

fociño m (plural fociños)

snout
Synonym: morro
(figurative) nose
(figurative, derogatory) mouth
Synonym: morro

Derived terms

meter o fociño

Related terms

afociñar
fociñar

References

“fociño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“fociño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“fociño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hozar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.