resquicio

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See also: resquício

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rescrieço,[1] Vulgar Latin *excrepitiare, from crepitiare, crepō.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /resˈkiθjo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resˈkisjo/
  • Rhymes: -iθjo
  • Rhymes: -isjo
  • Syllabification: res‧qui‧cio

Noun

resquicio m (plural resquicios)

  1. the opening between the door and doorjamb
  2. cleft, crack, slit, crevice (thin long opening)
  3. hint; glimmer; dash; modicum (small amount)
  4. (colloquial) opportunity, chance
  5. (Venezuela) rest, remainder
  6. (Venezuela) trace

References

  1. ^ “resquicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ etimologias.dechile.net‎, (Can we date this quote?)

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