fociño

== Galician == === Alternative forms === fucín, fuciño (northeastern Galician, central and western Galician) focinho (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Probably related to Spanish hocico (“snout”) and Asturian focicu (“snout”), ultimately from Latin fodere (“to dig”). Cognate with Portuguese focinho. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [foˈθiɲʊ], (western) [foˈsiɲʊ] === Noun === fociño m (plural fociños) snout Synonym: morro (figurative) nose (figurative, derogatory) mouth Synonym: morro ==== Derived terms ==== meter o fociño ==== Related terms ==== afociñar fociñar === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fociño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fociño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fociño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “fociño”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026