pescuezo

Inherited from Spanish pescuezo.

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkweso/, [pesˈkwe.so]
• Hyphenation: pes‧cue‧zo

pescuezo

1. neck

Inherited from Old Spanish pescueço, with the first part deriving from the Latin prefix post and the second from an earlier coço; compare Galician pescozo and Portuguese pescoço.

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkweθo/ [pesˈkwe.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pesˈkweso/ [pesˈkwe.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -eso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pes‧cue‧zo

pescuezo m (plural pescuezos)

1. scruff of the neck
2. neck (neck of animal)

   Synonym: cuello

• “pescuezo”, 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