paço
Galician edit
Noun edit
paço m (plural paços, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of pazo
Further reading edit
- “paço” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese paaço (“palace”), from Latin palātium (“palace”), from Palātium (“Palatine hill”), possibly from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃 (falad, “sky”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish pazo. Doublet of palácio, a borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paço m (plural paços)
- palace (large residence where aristocrats usually live)
- palace (large and lavishly ornate residence)
- manor