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espigo

Pronunciation: [esˈpiɣʊ]

“espigo” is a Galician word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. tang (of a knife or tool)
  2. projecting end of the axle of a traditional cart
  3. hangnail
  4. shaft of a cart or wagon
  5. splinter that pierces the skin
  6. peg
  7. a peg or wedge used to fasten the wheel to the axle of a traditional Galician cart
  8. a broken or fragmentary ear of corn

Etymology

From espiga, from Latin spīca (“ear of corn”), perhaps influenced by a Germanic tongue, compare English spike.

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