rebeco
Spanish
Etymology
From earlier rebezo (1475), robezo (1434), from Old Spanish ueko, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin hybicum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ibex; influenced by Old Spanish revesso ‘feisty, untamed’.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
rebeco (feminine rebeca, masculine plural rebecos, feminine plural rebecas)
Noun
rebeco m (plural rebecos)
- chamois (goat)
Synonyms
References
- ^ "Etimología de rebeco ‘gamuza’ y de reveso ‘rebeco’ y ‘(pez) rémora’", Boletin de la Real Academia Española, 81 (2001), 223-53.