monaguillo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish *monago (“monk”, preliterary; cf. Old Leonese monago) + -illo (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
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- Syllabification: mo‧na‧gui‧llo
Noun
[edit]monaguillo m (plural monaguillos)
- Alternative form of monacillo (“altar boy, acolyte”)
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
- —Hay que ser un poco monaguillo, Carlitos. Me he camelado a mi primo para que se ponga en mi lugar hoy.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “monje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 128
Further reading
[edit]- “monaguillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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