besugo

besugo

Galician

Besugo or ollomol

Besugo or ollomol

Etymology

Unknown.[1] Attested in 1242 ("uesugo").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsuɣo̝/

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

1. blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas [...] a quatro dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of seabasses and of smaller seabasses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams [...], four diñeiros each pound

   Synonyms: buraz, ollomol, panchoz

References

• “uesugo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vesugo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “besugo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “besugo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “besugo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “besugo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈsuɡo/ [beˈsu.ɣ̞o]

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• Rhymes: -uɡo
• Syllabification: be‧su‧go

Noun

besugo m (plural besugos)

1. blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
2. booby, dummy, yokel, clumsy (awkward or stupid person)

Derived terms

• diálogo de besugos

See also

• pancho

Further reading

• “besugo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014