rico
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rico (feminine rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
References edit
- “rico”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “rico”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
rico
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese rico, probably from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rico (feminine rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
- (archaic) powerful, noble
- rich, wealthy (wealthy)
- Antonym: pobre
- Ben pode dicir que é rico o que ten bos amigos. (proverb) ― Rightly can a person says is rich when having good friends.
- rich (plentiful, abounding, abundant)
- tasty, delicious
- cute
- Synonym: riquiño
- Ai que rico mazarico, quen che deu tamaño bico? (folk song) ― Oh, so cute, curlew, who gave you such a beak?
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Noun edit
rico m (plural ricos, feminine rica, feminine plural ricas)
- a rich person
- A rico non debas e a probe non prometas (proverb) ― Don't owe to a wealthy, don't made promises to a poor man
References edit
- “rico” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “rico” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “rico” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rico” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “rico” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Mirandese edit
Etymology edit
From Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“royal, mighty, powerful”), from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king, ruler”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rico (plural ricos, feminine rica, feminine plural ricas)
Antonyms edit
References edit
“rico” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese rico (“rich”), from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“royal, mighty, powerful”), from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king, ruler”).
Cognate with Galician rico, Spanish rico, Catalan ric, Occitan ric and Italian ricco. Compare also English rich and French riche.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iku
- Hyphenation: ri‧co
Adjective edit
rico (feminine rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
- rich
- Synonyms: abastado, bem de vida, zilionário, milionário
- Ele é muito rico, mas não é muito feliz.
- He is very rich, but he is not very happy.
- luxurious
- O palácio era famoso pela sua rica decoração.
- The palace was famed for its luxurious decoration.
- tasty
- Mas que rica sobremesa!
- What a tasty dessert!
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish rico, borrowed from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rico (feminine rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
- rich (having a lot of money and possessions)
- Antonym: pobre
- luxurious
- Synonym: lujoso
- tasty, yummy
- Synonym: sabroso
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “rico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tetelcingo Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
rico (plural ricojte)
References edit
- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 88, 220
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz. Compare Italian ricco.
Adjective edit
rico (feminine singular rica, masculine plural richi, feminine plural riche)