gancho
Galician
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo̝/
Derived terms
- aganchar (“to climb”)
- enganchar (“to hook”)
- ganchelo (“having low horns”)
- reviragancho (“a curved stroke”, literally “overturning hook”)
Related terms
- ganzo (“twig”)
References
- “gancho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “gancho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gancho” 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. gancho.
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃo/
- Hyphenation: gan‧cho
Noun
gancho m (plural ganchos)
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo/, [ˈɣ̞a̠nʲ.t͡ʃo̞]
Noun
gancho m (plural ganchos)
- (tools) hook, peg
- (clothing) clothes hanger
- difficult situation
- (boxing) hook
- pulling power
- attracting object or argument (true or fraudulent)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: gancio
Further reading
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