pincho
See also: pinchó
English
Etymology
Spanish pincho
Noun
pincho (plural pinchos)
- A small snack served with drinks as an appetizer; a tapa.
Related terms
- pintxo
Anagrams
- -phonic, Chopin, Pichon, chopin, cophin, phonic
Galician
Etymology 1
Back-formation from pinchar (“to cause to jump”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpint͡ʃo̝/
Noun
pincho m (plural pinchos)
- jump, leap
- Synonyms: chimpo, salto
Etymology 2
Probably from Spanish pincho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpint͡ʃo̝/
Noun
pincho m (plural pinchos)
- stick, prick, small pointed object
- Synonyms: pico, punta
Related terms
- pinchar
- pincheira
References
- “pincho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pincho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pincho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From pinchar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpint͡ʃo/ [ˈpĩnʲ.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -intʃo
- Syllabification: pin‧cho
Noun
pincho m (plural pinchos)
- skewer
- Synonyms: anticucho, brocheta, fierrito
- (slang) a shank (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (slang) a shag (fornication)
- (Spain) snack, small serving of food
- (computing) stick, data stick, drive
- prick (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (Peru, vulgar) a penis
Derived terms
- pincho moruno
Descendants
- → Basque: pintxo
See also
- pintxo
- tapa
Verb
pincho
- first-person singular present indicative of pinchar
Further reading
- “pincho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014