bacalao

Meaning

1. (masculine) cod
2. (masculine) dried and salted cod

Concepts

cod

codfish

stockfish

salt cod

miser

pussy

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cobia

Techno music

Atlantic cod

bank cod

cod-fish

codling

dried cod

Synonyms

abadejo

carga

chocho

concha

coño

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bacalao seco

chichi

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bacalao de groenlandia

bacalao del pacifico

bacalao del ártico

bacalao polar

cobia

desmayándose

torsk

pollack

bacalao del Atlántico

pejepalo

esmedregal

bonito negro

Translations

bacalhau

Kabeljau

Dorsch

morue

baccalà

kabeljauw

bacallà

merluzzo

cabillaud

merluça

μπακαλιάρος

morina

βακαλάος

Hyphenated as

ba‧ca‧la‧o

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bakaˈlao/

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque: bakailao

Cognate with Italian: baccalà

Cognate with Portuguese: bacalhau

Cognate with Galician: bacallau

Cognate with Catalan: bacallà

In summary

From Dutch bakkeljauw, kabeljauw, from Old Dutch *cabillao, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, possibly borrowed or influenced by Basque bakailao, which could be related to the Dutch word.
Cognate with Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Galician bacallau, Catalan bacallà.