cohete
Appearance
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish cohete, from Catalan coet.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cohete m (plural cohetes)
Further reading
[edit]- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cuete”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “cohete”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cuete (Hispanic America)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan coet, ultimately from Latin cauda (“tail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cohete m (plural cohetes)
- skyrocket
- Synonym: petardo
- rocket
- 2023 September 3, Carlos Marcos, quoting Bertha M. Yebra, “Memorias de una diosa del rock en España: “Toda mi vida ha sido como ir en un cohete””, in El País[1]:
- Todo fue casual e improvisado. Yo nunca tuve ningún plan ni provoqué nada. Toda mi vida ha sido como ir en un cohete”, resume.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Mexico, Uruguay) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
- (Mexico, Honduras) pistol[1]
- Synonym: pistola
- (Mexico) blasthole
- (Mexico) dynamite cartridge
- (Mexico) complication; entanglement
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Asturian: cohete, cuete
- → Cebuano: kuwitis
- → Cebuano: kuwitis
- → Maguindanao: kuitis
- → Maranao: kowitis
- → Tagalog: kuwitis
- → Tausug: kulitis
References
[edit]- ^ Gillespie-Duelos, Eduardo. (1975) A Glossary of San Antonio Jargon. American Speech, vol. 50, no. 1/2, 140–142.
Further reading
[edit]- “cohete”, 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
Categories:
- Asturian terms borrowed from Spanish
- Asturian terms derived from Spanish
- Asturian terms derived from Catalan
- Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Asturian/ete
- Rhymes:Asturian/ete/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Asturian/uete
- Rhymes:Asturian/uete/3 syllables
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
- Spanish terms derived from Catalan
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ete
- Rhymes:Spanish/ete/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with quotations
- Mexican Spanish
- Uruguayan Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- es:Drinking
- es:Firearms
