zoco

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Galician[edit]

A zoqueiro making zocos
Zocos

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin soccus (“slipper”). Cognate with English sock.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈθɔkʊ], (western) [ˈsɔkʊ]

Noun[edit]

zoco m (plural zocos)

  1. traditional leather boot with wooden sole, clog
    Synonyms: bota, chanca
    • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:
      Palurdos que vos vestides,
      Como eu, de sayo de lá,
      Polainas, zocos, monteira,
      E un bo baloco na man
      Rustics that wear,
      as myself, with a woolen robe,
      gaiters, clogs, cap
      and a good staff in hand
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Spanish zoco, from Arabic سُوق (sūq). Doublet of azougue.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

zoco m (plural zocos)

  1. souq (market)

References[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθoko/ [ˈθo.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsoko/ [ˈso.ko]
  • Rhymes: -oko
  • Syllabification: zo‧co

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Noun[edit]

zoco m (plural zocos)

  1. souq (market)
    Synonym: mercado
    • 2020 April 8, “China intenta sin éxito cerrar los mercados de animales vivos”, in La Vanguardia‎[1]:
      También ha tratado de mejorar las condiciones sanitarias de estos zocos, estableciendo un sistema de licencias y prohibiendo la venta de aves de corral y otros animales en grandes urbes como Shanghai o Pekín.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
  • → Galician: zoco

Etymology 2[edit]

From zoquete.

Adjective[edit]

zoco (feminine zoca, masculine plural zocos, feminine plural zocas)

  1. left-handed
    Synonyms: zocato, zurdo

Further reading[edit]

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