pescoço

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Spanish pescoço (Modern Spanish pescuezo), from *poscoço, from Latin post + Old Spanish coço.

Noun

pescoço m

1. neck

Descendants

• Fala: pescozu
• Galician: pescozo
• Portuguese: pescoço

Portuguese

pescoço

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pescoço, from Old Spanish pescoço (Modern Spanish pescuezo), from *poscoço, from Latin post + Old Spanish coço.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈko.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈko.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃˈko.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈko.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈko.su/

• Hyphenation: pes‧co‧ço

Noun

pescoço m (plural pescoços)

1. neck (part of body)

Derived terms

• pescocinho
• pescoçudo