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huerco
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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with Old French ogre (“fierce non-Christian; fairytale man-eating giant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
huerco m (plural huercos)
- Hell
- ca. 1439, Juan de Mena, Comentario a la "Coronación del Marqués de Santillana":
- era él [...] esclaresçido rey e señor don Juan de Castilla e de León [...] enbiando las sus ánimas a la boca del huerco, conviene a saber del infierno
- He was the illuminated king and lord John of Castile and Leon [...] who sent [Muslims'] souls to the doors of Orcus, by which is meant Hell
- era él [...] esclaresçido rey e señor don Juan de Castilla e de León [...] enbiando las sus ánimas a la boca del huerco, conviene a saber del infierno
- the Devil
- ca. 1305 CE, anonymous, Libro del cavallero Cifar:
- ¿e dó huirá el que al huerco deue?
- And where can someone who owes the Devil escape to?
- ¿e dó huirá el que al huerco deue?
Descendants
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish huerco (“Hell; the Devil”), from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Cognate with English ogre and orc. Doublet of orco and ogro.
Pronunciation
Noun
huerco m (plural huercos, feminine huerca, feminine plural huercas)
- (Louisiana, Mexico) little child
- (literary) depressed or sad person, confined to the dark
- (literary) the Greco-Roman underworld
- Synonym: inframundo
Further reading
- “huerco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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