andosco

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Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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andosco m (plural andoscos, feminine andosca, feminine plural andoscas)

  1. lamb
    Synonyms: año, cordeiro, rexelo
  2. (figured, literary) rogue, rascal, scoundrel

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Perhaps from an earlier *anozgo, from a Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus (whence Romanian noaten (yearling sheep)).

Adjective

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andosco (feminine andosca, masculine plural andoscos, feminine plural andoscas)

  1. Older than a year but not much older than two. (of livestock, especially sheep)

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