tobo

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See also: töbo

Galician

Etymology

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Akin to Spanish tobillo ("ankle", anciently "anklebone").

Pronunciation

Noun

tobo m (plural tobos, feminine toba, feminine plural tobas)

  1. burrow, den
    • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 203:
      seique val máis estar dez anos nun bo presidio que dez días nesa cadea de Pontevedra, nese edificio triste, feo, cheirento, apestado, oscuro, inmundo que máis ben pode chamarse cortello ou tobo para feras que non casa para ter os homes
      I know that it is better to expend 10 years in a good colonial fort than ten days in that jail of Pontevedra, that sad, ugly, smelly, plagued, dark, filthy building, that could better be called a pigsty or a den for beasts than a house for men
    Synonyms: toco, pala

Synonyms

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Spanish

Noun

tobo m (plural tobos)

  1. (Venezuela) bucket or container
    tobo de la basura
    garbage can, dustbin