"picoleto" meaning in Español

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Noun

IPA: [pi.koˈle.t̪o] Forms: picoletos [plural]
Rhymes: e.to Etymology: Incierta, podría pensarse derivada de los picos del tricornio de uniforme, pero probablemente proviene del italiano «piccolo» (‘pequeño’). En Italia se usa también «piccoletto» (‘persona de baja estatura’ u ‘hombrecillo’) para referirse despectivamente a un carabinero (el equivalente de un guardia civil).
  1. Agente de la Guardia Civil. Tags: Spain, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: es-picoleto-es-noun-w4zQlEeA Categories (other): ES:España, ES:Términos despectivos, ES:Términos jergales
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Agente de la Guardia Civil.): benemérito, guardia civil, guiri, picolo, tricornio Hypernyms (Agente de la Guardia Civil.): madero, policía Translations: piccoletto [masculine] (Italiano)

Inflected forms

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras llanas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Palabras tetrasílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:e.to",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Incierta, podría pensarse derivada de los picos del tricornio de uniforme, pero probablemente proviene del italiano «piccolo» (‘pequeño’). En Italia se usa también «piccoletto» (‘persona de baja estatura’ u ‘hombrecillo’) para referirse despectivamente a un carabinero (el equivalente de un guardia civil).",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "tetrasílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "picoletos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "madero"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "policía"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pi-co-le-to",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:España",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "ES:Términos jergales",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agente de la Guardia Civil."
      ],
      "id": "es-picoleto-es-noun-w4zQlEeA",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pi.koˈle.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "e.to"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "note": "coloquial",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "benemérito"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "guardia civil"
    },
    {
      "note": "coloquial y despectivo",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "guiri"
    },
    {
      "note": "coloquial y despectivo",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "picolo"
    },
    {
      "note": "coloquial y despectivo",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tricornio"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piccoletto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "picoleto"
}
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    "ES:Palabras llanas",
    "ES:Palabras tetrasílabas",
    "ES:Rimas:e.to",
    "ES:Sustantivos",
    "ES:Sustantivos masculinos",
    "Español",
    "Español-Italiano"
  ],
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  "extra_sounds": {
    "acentuación": "llana",
    "longitud silábica": "tetrasílaba"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "picoletos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "madero"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "policía"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pi-co-le-to",
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ES:España",
        "ES:Términos despectivos",
        "ES:Términos jergales"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Agente de la Guardia Civil."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pi.koˈle.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "e.to"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "note": "coloquial",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "benemérito"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "guardia civil"
    },
    {
      "note": "coloquial y despectivo",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "guiri"
    },
    {
      "note": "coloquial y despectivo",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "picolo"
    },
    {
      "note": "coloquial y despectivo",
      "sense": "Agente de la Guardia Civil.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "tricornio"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Italiano",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piccoletto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "picoleto"
}

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