Noun: baloco
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | baloco |
| Plural m | balocos |
Sample Sentences
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Palurdos que vos vestides,
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Como eu, de sayo de lá,
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Polainas, zocos, monteira,
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E un bo baloco na man (Rustics that wear,
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as myself, with a woolen robe,
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gaiters, clogs, cap
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and a good staff in hand) [1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:]
Nouns inflected like baloco
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. Compare English ball or Latin bulla. See: English Nouns '
ball', Latin Nouns '
bulla'.
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