noun, masculine/ˈkoko/plural: cocos
coconut; testicle; US dollars
From sense 2 (“skull, head”), because of the resemblance of the fruit to a grinning face.
/ˈkoko/
coconut; testicle; US dollars
From sense 2 (“skull, head”), because of the resemblance of the fruit to a grinning face.
bogeyman; brain; head
“Duérmete niño, duérmete ya… que viene el coco y te comerá.” — Sleep child, sleep now… lest the bogeyman come and eat you.
Synonyms: hombre del saco
Borrowed from Portuguese coco (“bogeyman, grinning face”), probably from Latin coccum (“kernel, seed”).
weevil; coccus; Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Synonyms: gorgojo, micrococo
From Latin coccum.