See also: vico and viĉo

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei (guilt, vice, fault).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

viço m

  1. delight, pleasure
  2. happiness
  3. vice

Descendants edit

  • Galician: vizo
  • Portuguese: viço

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese viço, from Latin vitium[1] (this form possibly semi-learned; compare the doublet vezo), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei (guilt, vice, fault). Also doublet of vício.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

  • Rhymes: -isu
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ço

Noun edit

viço m (plural viços)

  1. luxuriance, lushness
  2. vigour, flushness
    Synonym: vigor
  3. (dated) vice
    Synonym: vício

References edit

  1. ^ viço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.