zócalo

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See also: zocalo

Spanish

el zócalo negro en la esquina de una habitación
la Plaza de la Constitución, el zócalo principal de la Ciudad de México

Etymology

From Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“slipper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθokalo/ [ˈθo.ka.lo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsokalo/ [ˈso.ka.lo]

Noun

zócalo m (plural zócalos)

  1. (architecture) plinth, socle, base (a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based)
    Synonyms: base, pedestal, plinto, zoco
    • 1898, Benito Pérez Galdós, “18”, in Mendizábal:
      En el zócalo de la columnita que habrán ustedes visto en el país, a la derecha, pusieron los artistas la divisa de la cortesana, que dice: virtus in arduis.
      At the base of the little column that you will have seen in the country, on the right, the artists put the courtier's emblem, which says: virtus in arduis.
  2. (architecture) baseboard, footing, skirting, skirting board; frieze
    Synonyms: friso, rodapié
    • 1913, Abraham Valdelomar, chapter 7, in Tres senas, dos ases:
      En el comedorcito, cuyo zócalo de caoba circunda la menuda habitación, bajo el gran quinqué de ópalo, estarán las flores, y alrededor de ellas, sobre un blanco mantel, las viandas confeccionadas por Hellen.
      In the little dining room, whose mahogany baseboard encircles the small room, under the great opal oil lamp, there will be flowers, and around them, on a white tablecloth, the food prepared by Hellen.
  3. (chiefly Mexico) public square, town square, plaza, zocalo
    Synonym: plaza
    • 2016 December 14, Sabina Berman, “El pueblo tiene la culpa”, in El Universal‎[1]:
      ¿No leen cómo en Corea del Sur los ciudadanos sí pararon la corrupción? Se fueron todos, todos, cada domingo al zócalo de su ciudad o de su pueblo, y se quedaron ahí, cada domingo, durante un mes, y no sólo tuvo que dimitir el procurador de Justicia corrupto, la misma presidenta dimitió.
      Don't you read how in South Korea citizens did stop corruption? Everyone, everyone went out, every Sunday to the town square of their city or their village, and they stayed there, every Sunday, for a month, and not only did the corrupt Minister of Justice have to resign, the president herself resigned.
  4. (geology) basement, shelf (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

Descendants

  • → English: zocalo

Further reading

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