gancho

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).^[1] Doublet of ganzo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo/ [ˈɡɑnʲ.t͡ʃʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡant͡ʃo/ [ˈɡɑnʲ.t͡ʃʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħant͡ʃo/ [ˈħɑnʲ.t͡ʃʊ]

• Rhymes: -antʃo
• Hyphenation: gan‧cho

Noun

gancho m (plural ganchos)

1. hook
2. kind of rake

Derived terms

• aganchar (“to climb”)
• enganchar (“to hook”)
• ganchelo (“having low horns”)
• ganchudo
• reviragancho (“a curved stroke”, literally “overturning hook”)

Related terms

• ganzo (“twig”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gancho”, 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), “gancho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gancho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʃu, (Northern Portugal) -ɐ̃t͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: gan‧cho

Noun

gancho m (plural ganchos)

1. hook; peg; grapple
2. (Portugal) hairpin
3. (telephony) switchhook
4. (narratology) cliffhanger
5. (clothing) the central part of a pair of trousers to which the legs are sown
6. (boxing) a hook or uppercut

Related terms

• enganchado
• enganchar

Spanish

Ganchos (clothes hangers).

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡant͡ʃo/ [ˈɡãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -antʃo
• Syllabification: gan‧cho

Noun

gancho m (plural ganchos)

1. (tools) hook, peg
2. (clothing) clothes hanger

   Synonym: percha

3. difficult situation
4. (boxing) hook
5. (boxing) uppercut
6. pulling power
7. attracting object or argument (true or fraudulent)
8. tout

Hyponyms

• gancho al mentón
• gancho de derecha, gancho derecho (“right hook”)
• gancho de izquierda, gancho izquierdo (“left hook”)

Derived terms

• aguja de gancho
• alfiler de gancho
• enganchar
• ganchillo
• hacer gancho

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: ganxo
• → Italian: gancio

See also

• garfio
• anzuelo

Further reading

• “gancho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• gancho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Anagrams

• chango