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Portuguese
Etymology
From barro + -oco. Semantic loan from French baroque or Italian barocco in the art sense.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
barroco (feminine barroca, masculine plural barrocos, feminine plural barrocas)
- (archaic, of a gem) rough; irregular
1522, Alvaro do Tojal, Dote da Duqueza Infante D. Beatriz; republished as chapter 76, in António Caetano de Sousa, compiler, Provas da Historia Genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza, volume II, number IV, Lisbon: Sylvianna, 1742, page 465:Seis aneis, ſaber: hum que tem hum robi chaõ barroco, outro que tem hum robi tavoleta, outro que tem hum diamaõ de ponta jaquelada, outro que tem huma eſmeralda tumba grande, outro que tem huma eſmeralda tavoleta, outro que tem hum robi barroco, dos quais tres delles ſaõ eſmaltados, e os tres ſem efmalte todos douro; pezaraõ juntamente huma onça, e ſeſſenta graõs.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (art) Baroque
Noun
barroco m (uncountable)
- (art) Alternative letter-case form of Barroco
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French baroque influenced by Portuguese barroco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈroko/
- Rhymes: -oko
- Syllabification: ba‧rro‧co
Adjective
barroco (feminine barroca, masculine plural barrocos, feminine plural barrocas)
- Baroque
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