gusano
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Chavacano
Etymology
Noun
gusano
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin cossus (with an additional suffix), according to the Diccionario de la lengua española of 1884, but this is highly unlikely.[1] Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
In the sense of "counter-revolutionary" or "reactionary" it can be attributed to Fidel Castro.
Pronunciation
Noun
gusano m (plural gusanos)
- worm
- Synonym: lombriz
- gusano de seda ― silkworm
- insect larva, such as a grub, caterpillar, or maggot
- (Chicano, derogatory) Hispanicized Mexican
- (Cuba, derogatory) Cuban reactionary or counter-revolutionary
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Chavacano: gusano
See also
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “gusano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish
- Chavacano terms derived from Spanish
- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- cbk:Worms
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/ano
- Rhymes:Spanish/ano/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with collocations
- Spanish derogatory terms
- Cuban Spanish
- es:Insects
- es:Worms