tueco

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese toco (“stump”) and Galician toco (“burrow, stump”).

Noun

tueco m (plural tuecos)

1. stump; treestump

Derived terms

• tocón

 

Further reading

• “tueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16