gancho

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo̝/

Noun

gancho m (plural ganchos)

1. hook
2. kind of rake

Derived terms

• aganchar (“to climb”)
• enganchar (“to hook”)
• ganchelo (“having low horns”)
• reviragancho (“a curved stroke”, literally “overturning hook”)

Related terms

• ganzo (“twig”)

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃo/
• Hyphenation: gan‧cho

Noun

gancho m (plural s)

1. hook; peg; grapple
2. (Portugal) hairpin
3. (telephony) switchhook
4. (narratology) cliffhanger

Related terms

• enganchado
• enganchar

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Spanish

Ganchos (clothes hangers).

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo/, [ˈɣ̞a̠nʲ.t͡ʃo̞]

Noun

gancho m (plural ganchos)

1. (tools) hook, peg
2. (clothing) clothes hanger
3. difficult situation
4. (boxing) hook
5. (boxing) uppercut
6. pulling power
7. attracting object or argument (true or fraudulent)

Hyponyms

• gancho de derecha, gancho derecho (“right hook”)
• gancho de izquierda, gancho izquierdo (“left hook”)

Derived terms

• enganchar
• ganchillo
• hacer gancho

Descendants

• → Catalan: ganxo
• → Italian: gancio

See also

• garfio
• anzuelo

Further reading

• gancho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Anagrams

• chango