andosco

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈdoskʊ]

Noun

andosco m (plural andoscos, feminine andosca, feminine plural andoscas)

1. lamb

   Synonyms: año, cordeiro, rexelo

2. (figured, literary) rogue, rascal, scoundrel

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “andosco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “andosco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “andosco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from an earlier *anozgo, from a Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus (whence Romanian noaten (“yearling sheep”)).

Adjective

andosco (feminine andosca, masculine plural andoscos, feminine plural andoscas)

1. Older than a year but not much older than two. (of livestock, especially sheep)

Derived terms

• trasandosco

 

See also

• primal

Further reading

• “andosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28