gancho
Galician
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).[1] Doublet of ganzo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡant͡ʃʊ]
Noun
gancho m (plural ganchos)
- hook
- kind of rake
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.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “gancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
- Hyphenation: gan‧cho
Noun
gancho m (plural ganchos)
- hook; peg; grapple
- (Portugal) hairpin
- (telephony) switchhook
- (narratology) cliffhanger
- (clothing) the central part of a pair of trousers to which the legs are sown
- (boxing) a hook or uppercut
Related terms
- enganchado
- enganchar
Spanish
Ganchos (clothes hangers).
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo/ [ˈɡãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -antʃo
- Syllabification: gan‧cho
Noun
gancho m (plural ganchos)
- (tools) hook, peg
- (clothing) clothes hanger
- difficult situation
- (boxing) hook
- (boxing) uppercut
- pulling power
- attracting object or argument (true or fraudulent)
- tout
Hyponyms
- gancho al mentón
- gancho de derecha, gancho derecho (“right hook”)
- gancho de izquierda, gancho izquierdo (“left hook”)
Derived terms
- enganchar
- ganchillo
- hacer gancho
Descendants
- → Catalan: ganxo
- → Italian: gancio
See also
- garfio
- anzuelo
Further reading
- “gancho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
gancho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Anagrams
- chango