chuzo

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Galician

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A nightwatch, armed with a chuzo

Etymology

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Attested since 1707. Probably from Spanish chuzo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃu.θʊ], (western) [ˈt͡ʃu.sʊ]

Noun

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chuzo m (plural chuzos)

  1. rustic spear traditionally used to chase wolves
    Synonym: lanza
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      Alberte falemos craros
      nosoutros temos a culpa,
      que se foramos armados
      con aguilladas e chuzos,
      ouberàmos de botalos
      alò para en cas de Iudas.
      "Alberte, let's make this clear:
      we are to blame,
      because if we had been armed
      with goads and spears
      we would have driven them back
      there until Judas's house."
  2. spiked stick
  3. piston of a squirt gun

Derived terms

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References

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃuθo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃuso/ [ˈt͡ʃu.so]
  • Rhymes: -uθo
  • Rhymes: -uso
  • Syllabification: chu‧zo

Etymology 1

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Unknown. Probably a metathetical variant of azuche (the pointed end of a pole) from Arabic الزُجّ (az-zujj), but it may be just expressive.

Noun

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chuzo m (plural chuzos)

  1. spiked stick
  2. icicle
    Synonym: carámbano
  3. (Chile) old horse
  4. (Chile) idiot; dummy
  5. (Cuba) whip
  6. (Colombia) skewered meat, kebab
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: xuixo, xutxo
  • Galician: chuzo
  • Portuguese: chuço

Etymology 2

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Verb

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chuzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chuzar

Further reading

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