sueco
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
sueco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)
Noun edit
sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)
Noun edit
sueco m (uncountable)
- Swedish (language)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sueco” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From earlier suécio (“Swedish”), from Suécia (“Sweden”), from Latin Suiones (“Swedes”), a Germanic tribe mentioned in Tacitus’ Germania.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: su‧e‧co
Noun edit
sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)
- Swede (person from Sweden)
- (uncountable) Swedish (a Germanic language of Sweden)
Synonyms edit
- suécio (archaic)
Adjective edit
sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas, not comparable)
Synonyms edit
- suécio (archaic)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsweko/ [ˈswe.ko]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eko
- Syllabification: sue‧co
- Homophone: (Latin America) zueco
Adjective edit
sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)
- a Swede
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
sueco m (uncountable)
- Swedish (language)
Further reading edit
- “sueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014