pescuezo

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish pescuezo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pesˈkweso/, [pesˈkwe.so] Hyphenation: pes‧cue‧zo === Noun === pescuezo neck == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish pescueço, with the first part deriving from the Latin prefix post and the second from an earlier coço; compare Galician pescozo and Portuguese pescoço. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pesˈkweθo/ [pesˈkwe.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /pesˈkweso/ [pesˈkwe.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -eso (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: pes‧cue‧zo === Noun === pescuezo m (plural pescuezos) scruff of the neck neck (neck of animal) Synonym: cuello ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pescuezo”, 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