chocallo

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Galician[edit]

A peliqueiro (a Galician carnivalesque character) wearing chocas or chocallos ("cowbells").

Etymology[edit]

from choca +‎ -allo, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (bell): compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese chocalho.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

chocallo m (plural chocallos)

  1. cowbell
    Synonyms: choca, cinzarra

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chocallo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos