cincho

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese *çinllo (çinlla attested since the 13th century), from Latin cingulum.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθint͡ʃo/ [ˈθinʲ.t͡ʃʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsint͡ʃo/ [ˈsinʲ.t͡ʃʊ]

  • Rhymes: -intʃo
  • Hyphenation: cin‧cho

Noun

cincho m (plural cinchos)

  1. iron girdle, belt, hoop or clamp
Derived terms

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

cincho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cinchar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθint͡ʃo/ [ˈθĩnʲ.t͡ʃo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsint͡ʃo/ [ˈsĩnʲ.t͡ʃo] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -intʃo
  • Syllabification: cin‧cho

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cingulum, through a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *cinglum, with palatalization of the 'l'. However, this phonetic evolution for Spanish presents difficulties to some linguists, who prefer a Vulgar Latin form *cīnctulum, influenced by cīnctum, the supine of the related verb cingō (or possibly a derivation from cīnctum or cīnctus itself).[1] Doublet of cello (hoop used to hold together staves in a barrel), ceño (circle or hoop that girds or surrounds something), and cejo (binding of esparto grass used to secure bundles), which were also inherited or came from dialectal variants undergoing different sound changes and slightly different semantic developments; also doublet of cíngulo (belt or girdle used by priests), which was a later borrowing.

Noun

cincho m (plural cinchos)

  1. belt
    Synonym: cinturón
  2. girdle
    Synonym: faja
Descendants
  • Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: síncho

Etymology 2

Verb

cincho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cinchar

References

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

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