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noun, masculine

borceguí

/boɾθeˈɡi/

noun, masculine/boɾθeˈɡi/plural: borceguíes

combat boot; historical Spanish boot of the Middle Ages

First attested in Old French broissequin (1316), probably with known suffix -in from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “saddle-pad”), a material reused for shoes.