bugallo

See also: Bugallo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bul(l)aka-, whence Old Irish bolach (swelling, blister), influenced by Latin galla.[1] Cognate with Portuguese bugalho

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /buˈɡaɟo/ [buˈɣ̞ɑ.ɟʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /buˈħaɟo/ [buˈħɑ.ɟʊ]

  • Rhymes: -aɟo
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ga‧llo

Noun

bugallo m (plural bugallos)

  1. gall (chiefly the oak gall or oak apple)
    Synonyms: bugalla, carrabouxo, coco, mazá de cuco
  2. (figurative) eyeball
    Synonym: globo ocular

Derived terms

  • Bugallal
  • Bugalleira
  • Bugallido
  • Bugallo (surname)

See also

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bugalla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos