rico
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
rico m sg (feminine singular rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
ReferencesEdit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “rico”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
AsturianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rico
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese rico, probably from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rico m (feminine singular rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
- (archaic) powerful, noble
- rich, wealthy (wealthy)
- Ben pode dicir que é rico o que ten bos amigos. (proverb) ― Rightly can a person says is rich when having good friends.
- Antonym: pobre
- rich (plentiful, abounding, abundant)
- tasty, delicious
- cute
- Ai que rico mazarico, quen che deu tamaño bico? (folk song) ― Oh, so cute, curlew, who gave you such a beak?
- Synonym: riquiño
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NounEdit
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
ReferencesEdit
- “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.
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ryco (obsolete, humorous)
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -iku
- Hyphenation: ri‧co
AdjectiveEdit
rico (feminine rica, masculine plural ricos, feminine plural ricas)
- rich
- Ele é muito rico, mas não é muito feliz.
- He is very rich, but he is not very happy.
- Synonyms: abastado, bem de vida, zilionário, milionário
- 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!
AntonymsEdit
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DescendantsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- “rico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tetelcingo NahuatlEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rico (plural ricojte)
ReferencesEdit
- 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
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz. Compare Italian ricco.
AdjectiveEdit
rico (feminine singular rica, masculine plural richi, feminine plural riche)