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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈreθjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈresjo/
- Rhymes: -eθjo
- Rhymes: -esjo
- Syllabification: re‧cio
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish rezio, probably from a Vulgar Latin *recidus, *ricidus, alteration of Latin rigidus. If so, a doublet of rígido.
Adjective
recio (feminine recia, masculine plural recios, feminine plural recias)
- tough, robust, strong, vigorous, solidly-built
- loud
- Synonym: fuerte
Derived terms
Adverb
recio
- vigorously
- aloud
- Habla recio ― Speak aloud
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin Rhaetius.
Adjective
recio (feminine recia, masculine plural recios, feminine plural recias)
- Rhaetian, Raetic
Noun
recio m (plural recios)
- Rhaetian
Further reading
- “recio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “recio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 822-825