concho

Spanish

noun

Definitions

(Latin America) dregs rest of a drink in a glass
(Dominican Republic) car or motorcycle used for public transportation
(Dominican Republic) taxi

Etymology

Derived from Latin conchula (little shell, small mollusk).

Origin

Latin

conchula

Gloss

little shell, small mollusk

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*concla Latin
Venus Latin
concha Latin
conchula Latin
concola Italian
coquille French
concha Spanish, Castilian
κόγχη Ancient Greek
vieira Galician
*vẽeyra Old Portuguese
vongola Neapolitan

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