cogollo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cucullus. Cognate with English cowl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʝo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʎo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʃo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /koˈɡoʒo/ [koˈɣ̞o.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
IPA^(key): /koˈɡojo/ [koˈɣ̞o.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

Rhymes: -oʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
Rhymes: -oʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -oʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
Rhymes: -ojo (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

Syllabification: co‧go‧llo

Noun

cogollo m (plural cogollos)

lettuce (or other vegetable) heart
(botany) shoot
- 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:
  el cogollo de palma
  the palm shoot
(botany) top portion of a tree
nub; crux
clique; select group

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Further reading

“cogollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026