bigote
Asturian
[edit]Noun
[edit]bigote m (plural bigotes)
- moustache (hair on upper lip)
Central Bikol
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bigóte (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜓᜆᜒ)
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bigote
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from German bei Gott (“by God”), because, when taking an oath, some men, once they said "by God", aimed at the superior lip with the index finger, symbolising forming the cross with the fingers and kissing it. Compare Portuguese bigode.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bigote m (plural bigotes)
Usage notes
[edit]May be used in the singular or plural with the same meaning, as in English.
Hiligaynon
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bigóte
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from German bei Gott (“by God”), because, when taking an oath, some men, once they said "by God", aimed at the upper lip with the index finger, symbolising forming the cross with the fingers and kissing it. Compare Portuguese bigode and English bigot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bigote m (plural bigotes)
- moustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches
- whisker, whiskers (used when it's large and thick) (often in plural)
Usage notes
[edit]- May be used in the singular or plural with the same meaning, as in English.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- mostacho m
Descendants
[edit]- → Central Bikol: bigote
- → Cebuano: bigote
- → Hiligaynon: bigote
- → Kapampangan: bigoti
- → Tagalog: bigote
- → Yogad: bigote
See also
[edit]- barba f
Further reading
[edit]- “bigote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈɡote/ [bɪˈɣoː.t̪ɛ]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: bi‧go‧te
Noun
[edit]bigote (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜓᜆᜒ)
See also
[edit]Yogad
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bigote
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