arco
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian arco (“bow”). Doublet of arch and arc.
Adverb edit
arco (not comparable)
- (music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
Anagrams edit
Chibcha edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arco
References edit
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arco m (plural arcos)
- bow (weapon)
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:
- Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría
- He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
- hoop (of a barrel)
- each one of the circles of a water wheel
- Moon's halo
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “arco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “arco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arco m (plural archi)
- bow (weapon)
- tirare con l'arco ― to pull back a bow
- (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
- suonare con arco ― to play (music) with bow
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
Related terms edit
See also edit
- freccia f (weaponry)
- balestra f (weaponry)
- archetto m (weaponry)
- arcata f (architecture)
- volta f (architecture)
- curva f (by extension)
- curvatura f (by extension)
- gamma f
- ventaglio m
- spettro m
- schieramento m (politics)
- corso m (figurative)
- periodo m (figurative)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).
Noun edit
arco m (plural arcos)
- (geometry) arc
- arc, curve
- Synonym: curva
- (architecture) arch
- bow (weapon)
- Synonym: arco-e-flecha
- bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)
- (dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)
- (ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
weapon
- (rod used to play stringed instruments): violino
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
arco
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin arcus (whence English archery), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). In some senses inherited, in others borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with English arc and arch.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arco m (plural arcos)
- bow (weapon)
- tirar con arco ― to shoot with a bow
- (music) bow (rod for an instrument)
- (geometry) arc
- (storytelling, literature) arc
- (architecture) arch
- (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)
- Synonym: portería
Derived terms edit
- arcada
- arco a nivel
- arco a regla
- arco aórtico
- arco de círculo
- arco de herradura
- arco de iglesia
- arco de medio punto
- arco de todo punto
- arco de triunfo
- Arco de Triunfo
- arco del cielo
- arco del pie
- arco escarzano
- arco formero
- arco huno
- arco iris
- arco largo
- arco por tranquil
- arcoíris
- arquear
- arquería
- arquero
- caballo con arcos
- danza de arcos
- lámpara de arco
- potro con arcos
- saque de arco
- sierra de arco
- tiro con arco
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “arco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014