gorgojo

Significado (Inglés)

1. (masculine) grub
2. (masculine) weevil
3. (colloquial, masculine) small person

Sinónimos

picudo

cabrito

🧒

comején

tachuela

billbug

escarabajo del elefante

zancajo

aranita

cabrito de madera

escarabajo destructor

diminutivo gorgojito

persona pequeña

caballito

arrancapinos

Traducciones

weevil

Rüsselkäfer

gorgoglione

tonchio

snuitkever

charançon

gorgulho

dwarf

corc

🪱

grub

balanino

Kornwurm

shorty

Berlin beetle

pine weevil

Con guion como

gor‧go‧jo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡoɾˈɡoxo/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de latín: gurguliō

Cognado con italiano: gorgoglione

In summary

Inherited from Latin gurguliō, variant of curculiō. Coromines and Pascual posit a Vulgar Latin *gurgulius, back-derived from the Latin accusative gurguliōnem after speakers interpreted its ending as an augmentative (cf. Spanish -ón). They also acknowledge the possibility that gorgojo was simply inherited from the original Latin nominative. Compare Italian gorgoglione, alongside the Old Italian gorgoglio. For other Spanish animal names that appear to reflect the Latin nominative, cf. drago, pavo, and sierpe.