risco

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisko̝/

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Portuguese risco, Spanish riesgo and English risk.

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

1. danger, risk

   Synonym: perigo

Derived terms

• arriscado
• arriscar

Etymology 2

Attested since the 14th century. Deverbal from riscar, itself probably from Latin resecō (“cut”).

An Iron Age drawing made with riscos. Castro de Formigueiros, Galicia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisko̝/

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

1. stroke (a line or drawn with a pen or other writing implement)

   Synonym: trazo

   1. a strikethrough

      Synonym: raia

2. ridge

   Synonym: soma

3. crease

   Synonym: dobrez

4. drawing
5. tic-tac-toe

Derived terms

• risco de Salomón

Related terms

• riscar

Etymology 3

Verb

risco

1. first-person singular present indicative of riscar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “risc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “risco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “risco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “risco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.sko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: rì‧sco

Noun

risco m (plural rischi)

1. Old Italian form of rischio

Descendants

• → Catalan: risc
• → Galician: risco
• Italian: rischio, risico
• → Middle French: risque
  • French: risque
    • → English: risk
    • → Romanian: risc
• → Occitan: risc
• → Portuguese: risco

Anagrams

• Corsi, Sciro, corsi, criso-, ricsò, scori, sorci

Latin

Noun

riscō

1. dative/ablative singular of riscus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.ku/ [ˈhis.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.ku/ [ˈhis.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiʃ.ku/ [ˈχiʃ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.ko/ [ˈhis.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiʃ.ku/

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from riscar.

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

1. line (threadlike mark of writing instrument)

   Synonyms: linha, rabisco, risca, traçado, traço

2. scratch (shallow cut on a surface)

   Synonyms: risca, sulco

3. a draft of a blueprint

   Synonym: esboço

Related terms

• risca
• riscada
• riscado
• riscador
• riscadura
• riscamento
• riscar

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French risque or Spanish risco.

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

1. (uncountable) risk (likelihood of a negative outcome)

   Synonym: perigo

2. a risky situation

Related terms

• arriscadamente
• arriscado
• arriscamento
• arriscar

 

Etymology 3

Verb

risco

1. first-person singular present indicative of riscar

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal from riscar or inherited from Vulgar Latin *resecum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrisko/ [ˈris.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: ris‧co

Noun

risco m (plural riscos)

1. (Latin America) crack
2. cliff

   Synonyms: acantilado, precipicio

3. crag

Derived terms

• arriscar

 

Further reading

• “risco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28