resquicio
See also: resquício
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish rescrieço,[1] Vulgar Latin *excrepitiare, from crepitiare, crepō.[2]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /resˈkiθjo/ [resˈki.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /resˈkisjo/ [resˈki.sjo]
- Rhymes: -iθjo
- Rhymes: -isjo
- Syllabification: res‧qui‧cio
Noun
editresquicio m (plural resquicios)
- the opening between the door and doorjamb
- cleft, crack, slit, crevice (thin long opening)
- hint; glimmer; dash; modicum (small amount)
- (colloquial) opportunity, chance
- (Venezuela) rest, remainder
- (Venezuela) trace
References
editFurther reading
edit- “resquicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iθjo
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- Rhymes:Spanish/isjo
- Rhymes:Spanish/isjo/3 syllables
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