besugo

Galician

Besugo or ollomol

Besugo or ollomol

Etymology

Unknown. Attested in 1242 ("uesugo").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsuɣo̝/

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, pancho

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
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• “besugo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsuɡo/ [beˈsu.ɣ̞o]

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

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

See also

• pancho