gusano
Chavacano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gusano
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from Latin cossus (with an additional suffix), according to the Diccionario de la lengua española of 1884, but this is highly unlikely.[1] Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Unrelated to гу́сеница (gúsenica, “worm”)
In the sense of "counter-revolutionary" or "reactionary" it can be attributed to Fidel Castro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gusano m (plural gusanos)
- worm
- Synonym: lombriz
- gusano de seda ― silkworm
- insect larva, such as a grub, caterpillar, or maggot
- (Chicano, derogatory) Hispanicized Mexican
- (Cuba, derogatory) Cuban reactionary or counter-revolutionary
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Chavacano: gusano
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gusano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “gusano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish
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- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- cbk:Worms
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- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ano
- Rhymes:Spanish/ano/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with collocations
- Spanish derogatory terms
- Cuban Spanish
- es:Insects
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