corisco

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese corisco ("lightning", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin coruscus (“flashing”), perhaps influenced by a descendant of Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm”).

Alternative forms

• escorisco, curisco

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈɾiskʊ]

Noun

corisco m (plural coriscos)

1. storm; downpour
2. blizzard; cold wind

   Synonyms: escarabana, xistra

3. (archaic) lightning
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:

     Et alí cresçerõ toruões et coriscos et rrelánpagos tã grandes et tã brauos et tã desmesurados que semellaua que todo o mũdo quiría peresçer.

     And there grew such large thunders and lightning and flashes so wild and so boundless, that it seemed that the whole world wanted to perish

Derived terms

• Corisca
• Coriscada
• Curiscada
• Escoriscada

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “scurisc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

corisco

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of coriscar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾis.ku/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾiʃ.ku/

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

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

corisco m (plural coriscos)

1. (meteorology) thunder-less, luminous atmospheric meteor
2. electrical spark
3. (Ceará) unexpected guest
4. (Portugal) a troublesome person, troublemaker in Azorean Portuguese. "Aquele gajo é um curisco" That guy is a troublemaker
5. (Portugal) an inhabitant of the São Miguel Island in the Azores

   Synonym: micaelense

Adjective

corisco (feminine corisca, masculine plural coriscos, feminine plural coriscas)

1. native of São Miguel Island

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of coriscar

Further reading

• “corisco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “corisco”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “corisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “corisco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “corisco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “corisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Anagrams

• córsico