Masculine
tocino
Meaning
- (masculine) bacon
- (masculine) salt pork
Synonyms
cochi
beicon Spain
panceta ahumada Uruguay
tocineta Dominican Republic
persona obesa
Frequency
Hyphenated as
to‧ci‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/toˈθino/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Medieval Latin tuccinum (lardum) (“bacon lard”), from Latin tuccētum (“pork conserved in brine”), from tucca (“liquid lard”), a word said to be of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-, related to Latin turgēre. The ending was influenced by the end of cecina (“sausage”). Compare Galician touciño and Portuguese toucinho.
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