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Meaning of gañipos



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It must be an error for the plural of wink, which in reality would come from a metathesis of the Asturian gañipo ("harapo" ), but right in this dictionary we deal with Castilian Spanish.

  



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GAÑIPOS probably refers to GALIPOS an Andalusian typography, typical and representative. 2 . Spit, gargajo, salivazo. It comes from French and was incorporated into Old Castilian as galipote (kind of pitch or tar) derived from the French galipot (pitch), for the similarity between the consistency of a sputum and pitch.

  










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