bugallo

See also: Bugallo

Galician
cocos, carrabouxos, bugallos
Coco, carrabouxo, bugallo

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): /buˈɣaʎo̝/

Noun

bugallo m (plural bugallos)

  1. gall (chiefly the oak gall or oak apple)
    Synonyms: bugalla, carrabouxo, coco
  2. (figuratively) eyeball

Derived terms
  • Bugallal
  • Bugalleira
  • Bugallido
  • Bugallo (surname)

See also

References
  • “bugal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “bugallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “bugallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bugallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. bugalla.
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