revoque

See also: révoqué, révoque, and revoqué

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈboke/ [reˈβ̞o.ke]
  • Rhymes: -oke
  • Syllabification: re‧vo‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from revocar.

Noun

revoque m (plural revoques)

  1. plastering; whitewashing
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Dicho club estaba en los fondos de la casa de Enrique, frente a una letrineja de muros negruzcos y revoques desconchados, y consistía en una estrecha pieza de madera polvorienta, de cuyo techo de tablas pendían largas telas de araña.
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Etymology 2

Verb

revoque

  1. inflection of revocar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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