zoco

Galician

A zoqueiro making zocos

Zocos

Etymology 1

From Latin soccus (“slipper”). Cognate with English sock.

Alternative forms

• zoque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθɔkʊ], (western) [ˈsɔkʊ]

Noun

zoco m (plural zocos)

1. traditional leather boot with wooden sole, clog

   Synonyms: bota, chanca

   • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:

     Palurdos que vos vestides,
     Como eu, de sayo de lá,
     Polainas, zocos, monteira,
     E un bo baloco na man

     Rustics that wear,
     as myself, with a woolen robe,
     gaiters, clogs, cap
     and a good staff in hand

Related terms

• zoca
• zoqueiro

Etymology 2

From Spanish zoco, from Arabic سُوق (sūq). Doublet of azougue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θoko̝/

Noun

zoco m (plural zocos)

1. souq (market)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zoco”, 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), “zoco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zoco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθoko/ [ˈθo.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsoko/ [ˈso.ko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: zo‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Noun

zoco m (plural zocos)

1. souq (market)

   Synonym: mercado

   • 2020 April 8, “China intenta sin éxito cerrar los mercados de animales vivos”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     También ha tratado de mejorar las condiciones sanitarias de estos zocos, estableciendo un sistema de licencias y prohibiendo la venta de aves de corral y otros animales en grandes urbes como Shanghai o Pekín.

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Descendants

• → Galician: zoco

Etymology 2

From zoquete.

Adjective

zoco (feminine zoca, masculine plural zocos, feminine plural zocas)

1. left-handed

   Synonyms: zocato, zurdo

Further reading

• “zoco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10