cuesco

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly a Mediterranean loan of sound-symbolic origin (or imitative of hitting a hard object),[1] and cognate with Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”), though this is rejected by Furnee.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwesko/ [ˈkwes.ko]
  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Syllabification: cues‧co

Noun

cuesco m (plural cuescos)

  1. stone (of fruit)
  2. (vulgar, slang) raspberry tart; toot (flatulence)

References

  1. ^ “cuesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 733
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 449

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