rocín

Meaning

nag (an old, useless horse)

Concepts

nag

jade

booby

hack

workhorse

Synonyms

jamelgo

rocinante

Translations

Gaul

🐴

ronzino

roncin

Mähre

Tollpatsch

αλογάκι

βασανίζω

lourdaud

maladroit

haridelle

rossinante

brontolone

caballus

negge

Hyphenated as

ro‧cín

Pronounced as (IPA)

/roˈθin/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: rocim

In summary

Of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:
* Old Occitan roci, from Medieval Latin runcinus;
* Old High German ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”);
* Italian rozzo (“rough”);
* French roncin (“stallion”).
Cognate with Portuguese rocim.