pescozo

Galician

Pescozo

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pescoço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from post- (“after”) +‎ *coccius (“nape”). Cognate with Portuguese pescoço and Spanish pescuezo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkoθo̝/, (western) /pesˈkoso̝/

Noun

pescozo m (plural pescozos)

1. back of the neck; nape; scruff
   • c1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 582:

     Et o Cçide leuãtouse et tomou o leõ pelo pescoço, bẽ com̃o se fosse hũu alaao manso

     El Cid got up and took the lion by the scruff, as if he was a docile alaunt

2. neck
   • 1390, José Luís Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 4:

     et tragia ẽno pescoço hũa pertega de caruallo entorta

     and he was wearing a twisted twig of oak around his neck

   Synonym: colo

Derived terms

• pescozada

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pescoç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pescozo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN