risco

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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risco m (plural riscos)

  1. danger, risk
    Synonym: perigo
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Etymology 2

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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

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Noun

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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
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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risco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riscar

References

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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risco m (plural rischi)

  1. Old Italian form of rischio

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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riscō

  1. dative/ablative singular of riscus

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from riscar.

Noun

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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

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Borrowed from French risque[1][2] or Spanish risco.[3][4]

Noun

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risco m (plural riscos)

  1. (uncountable) risk (likelihood of a negative outcome)
    Synonym: perigo
  2. a risky situation
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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risco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riscar

References

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  1. ^ risco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 20152024
  2. ^ risco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024
  3. ^ risco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  4. ^ risco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from riscar or inherited from Vulgar Latin *resecum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrisko/ [ˈris.ko]
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Syllabification: ris‧co

Noun

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risco m (plural riscos)

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

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