bugallo

See also: Bugallo

Galician

cocos, carrabouxos, bugallos

Coco, carrabouxo, bugallo

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bul(l)aka-, whence Old Irish bolach (“swelling, blister”), influenced by Latin galla. Cognate with Portuguese bugalho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɣaʎo̝/

Noun

bugallo m (plural bugallos)

1. gall (chiefly the oak gall or oak apple)

   Synonyms: bugalla, carrabouxo, coco

2. (figurative) eyeball

Derived terms

• Bugallal
• Bugalleira
• Bugallido
• Bugallo (surname)

See also

• bugallo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bugal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bugallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bugallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bugallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN