risco

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Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Portuguese risco, Spanish riesgo and English risk.

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

  1. danger, risk
    Synonym: perigo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Attested since the 14th century. Deverbal from riscar, itself probably from Latin resecō (“cut”).

An Iron Age drawing made with riscos. Castro de Formigueiros, Galicia

Pronunciation

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

  1. stroke (a line or drawn with a pen or other writing implement)
    Synonym: trazo
    1. a strikethrough
      Synonym: raia
  2. ridge
    Synonym: soma
  3. crease
    Synonym: dobrez
  4. drawing
  5. tic-tac-toe
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

Verb

risco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riscar

References

  • “risc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “risco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “risco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “risco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈri.sko/
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Hyphenation: rì‧sco

Noun

risco m (plural rischi)

  1. Old Italian form of rischio

Descendants

  • → Catalan: risc
  • → Galician: risco
  • Italian: rischio, risico
  • → Middle French: risque
  • → Occitan: risc
  • → Portuguese: risco

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

riscō

  1. dative/ablative singular of riscus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
  • Hyphenation: ris‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from riscar.

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

  1. line (threadlike mark of writing instrument)
    Synonyms: linha, rabisco, risca, traçado, traço
  2. scratch (shallow cut on a surface)
    Synonyms: risca, sulco
  3. a draft of a blueprint
    Synonym: esboço
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French risque or Spanish risco.

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

  1. (uncountable) risk (likelihood of a negative outcome)
    Synonym: perigo
  2. a risky situation
Related terms

Etymology 3

Verb

risco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riscar

References

  1. ^ “risco” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  2. ^ “risco” in iDicionário Aulete.
  3. ^ “risco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  4. ^ “risco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from riscar or inherited from Vulgar Latin *resecum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrisko/
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Syllabification: ris‧co

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

  1. (Latin America) crack
  2. cliff
    Synonyms: acantilado, precipicio
  3. crag

Derived terms

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