besugo

Galician

Besugo or ollomol

Besugo or ollomol

Etymology

Unknown. Attested in 1242 ("uesugo").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈsuɡo/ [beˈs̺u.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /beˈsuɡo/ [beˈs̺u.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /beˈsuħo/ [beˈs̺u.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -uɡo

• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Rhymes: -uħo

• Hyphenation: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

1. blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas […] a quatro dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of seabasses and of smaller seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams […] , four diñeiros each pound

   Synonyms: buraz, ollomol, panchoz

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “uesugo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vesugo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “besugo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “besugo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “besugo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish besugo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzu.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzu.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈzu.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈzu.ɡu/ [bɨˈzu.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

1. seabream
2. (figurative, derogatory) fatso

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsuɡo/ [beˈsu.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Syllabification: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

1. blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
2. booby, dummy, yokel, clumsy (awkward or stupid person)

Derived terms

• diálogo de besugos

 

See also

• pancho

Further reading

• “besugo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014