bacalao

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish bacalao. === Noun === bacalao (uncountable) Alternative spelling of bacalhau. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === bacallao bacalado (nonstandard, hypercorrect) === Etymology === 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. Cognate with Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Galician bacallau, Catalan bacallà. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bakaˈlao/ [ba.kaˈla.o] Rhymes: -ao Syllabification: ba‧ca‧la‧o === Noun === bacalao m (plural bacalaos) cod dried and salted cod ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN === Further reading === “bacalao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025