carbunco
Galician
Noun
carbunco f (plural carbuncos)
- Alternative form of carbúnculo
Spanish
Etymology
From an earlier carbunclo, borrowed from Latin carbunculus (“little coal”), metonymically referring to an abscess. Compare English carbuncle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈbunko/ [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋ.ko]
- Rhymes: -unko
- Syllabification: car‧bun‧co
Noun
carbunco m (plural carbuncos)
- (pathology) anthrax
- Synonym: ántrax maligno
- (Costa Rica) fire beetle
Further reading
- “carbunco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014