chocallo

Galician

A peliqueiro (a Galician carnivalesque character) wearing chocas or chocallos ("cowbells").

Etymology

from choca +‎ -allo, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”): compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese chocalho.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈkaʎo̝/

Noun

chocallo m (plural chocallos)

cowbell

Synonyms

choca, cinzarra.

References

“chocallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“chocallo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“chocallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. chocallo.

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