Masculine

bigote

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) moustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches
  2. (masculine) whisker, whiskers (used when it's large and thick) (often in plural)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
bi‧go‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/biˈɡote/
Etymology

In summary

Perhaps from German bei Gott (“by God”), because, when taking an oath, some men, once they said "by God", aimed at the upper lip with the index finger, symbolising forming the cross with the fingers and kissing it. Compare Portuguese bigode and English bigot.

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