Noun: chaleco
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | chaleco |
| Plural m | chalecos |
Sample Sentences
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Dimpois de comer dúas cuncas de caldo, deitouse na cama, sacou da faltrica do chaleque dous cigarros e unha navalla e liando un pito, púxose a fumegar polas ventas das narices, o mesmo có tren. (After eating two bowls of broth he lay down on the bed; he took two cigars and a pocket knife from the vest's pocket and, rolling a cigarette, began to throw smoke by the nostrils, not unlike a train.) [1891, José Barral Campos, O amigo de S. Pedro:]
Nouns inflected like chaleco
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
Ultimately probably from Turkish yelek. Compare Spanish chaleco, Portuguese jaleco, English gilet. See: Spanish Nouns '
chaleco', Portuguese Nouns '
jaleco', English Nouns '
gilet'.
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