escolho
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oʎu
- Hyphenation: es‧co‧lho
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Italian scoglio, from Vulgar Latin *scoculum (possibly through a Ligurian intermediate), from Latin scopulus,[1] from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos).
Noun edit
escolho m (plural escolhos, metaphonic)
- (geography) skerry; reef (rock lying near or just above the surface of water)
- (geography) a rocky island of difficult access
- (figurative) obstacle; impediment; hurdle (something that prevents progress)
- Synonym: obstáculo
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
escolho
References edit
- ^ “escolho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.