borceguí

== Spanish == === Etymology === First attested in Old French broissequin (1316), probably with known suffix -in from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “saddle-pad”), a material reused for shoes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boɾθeˈɡi/ [boɾ.θeˈɣ̞i] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /boɾseˈɡi/ [boɾ.seˈɣ̞i] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -i Syllabification: bor‧ce‧guí === Noun === borceguí m (plural borceguíes or borceguís) (Latin America) combat boot historical Spanish boot of the Middle Ages ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “borceguí”, 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 Pezzi Martínez, Elena (1979), “Origen oriental del vocablo borceguí”, in Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos‎[1] (in Spanish), volumes 27–28, pages 79–109