asco

See also: Asco and Ascó

Portuguese

Etymology

There are at least two hypotheses:

• Inherited from a deverbal formation derived from Vulgar Latin *ōsicāre, from Latin ōdī (“to hate”). Compare Spanish usgo (“disgust”).
• Inherited from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ku/

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. nausea (strong dislike or disgust)

   Synonyms: desgosto, repulsão

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasko/ [ˈas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: as‧co

Etymology 1

Per Roberts, probably inherited from Old Spanish usgo (“disgust”), back-formed from *osgar (“to loathe”), from Vulgar Latin *ōsicō, from Latin ōsus, perfect passive participle of ōdī (“to hate”). An alternative hypothesis derives this word from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar.

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. disgust

   ¡Qué asco! ― Gross!

   • 2005, Oscar Barbery Suárez, Cuentos para leer con asco y otros cuentos, Grupo Editorial la hoguera, →ISBN, page 24:

     A veces me da asco leerlos, pero no es para tanto.

     Sometimes reading them disgusts me, but it's no big deal.

   • 2007, María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, Un cuerpo para el espíritu, Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia E Historia:

     La fuente de asco y de sufrimiento en este caso es comer […]

     The source of disgust and suffering in this case is eating […]

2. nausea
3. disgusting person

Derived terms

• asquear
• asquiento

Related terms

• asqueroso
• asquerosidad

Etymology 2

From New Latin ascus.

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. Alternative form of asca

Further reading

• “asco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014