viço

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See also: vico and viĉo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei (“guilt, vice, fault”).

Pronunciation

Noun

viço m (plural viços)

  1. delight, pleasure
  2. happiness
  3. vice

Descendants

  • Galician: vizo
  • Portuguese: viço

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese viço, from Latin vitium[1] (this form possibly semi-learned; compare the doublet vezo), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei (“guilt, vice, fault”). Also doublet of vício.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -isu
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ço

Noun

viço m (plural viços)

  1. luxuriance, lushness
  2. vigour, flushness
    Synonym: vigor
  3. (dated) vice
    Synonym: vício

References

  1. ^ “viço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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