cuesco

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cuesco m (plural cuescos)

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

References[edit]

  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