Noun: bacalao
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧la‧o
| Singular m | bacalao |
| Plural m | bacalaos |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bacalao
whopper,
egocentrismo,
cervantismo,
nipofilo,
botellazo,
radionúclido,
palenque,
esferoide,
hierodiácono,
miligramo,
entrenamiento,
saxófono,
oligopéptido,
espongocele,
contratiempo,
entrechocamiento,
decímetro,
carrotanque,
mililitro,
mesangio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Dutch bakkeljauw, kabeljauw, from Old Dutch *cabillao, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, possibly borrowed or influenced by Basque bakailao, which could be related to the Dutch word.
2. Cognate with Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Galician bacallau, Catalan bacallà. See: Dutch Nouns '
bakkeljauw', Latin Nouns '
baculum', Italian Nouns '
baccalà', Portuguese Nouns '
bacalhau', Galician Nouns '
bacallau', Catalan Nouns '
bacallà'.
Verbs referencing "bacalao"
Portuguese Nouns
bacalhau, Italian Nouns
baccalà, Catalan Nouns
bacallà, Galician Nouns
bacallau.
Translations