sueco

See also: Sueco-

Asturian

Adjective

sueco

1. neuter of suecu

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̺wɛ.kʊ]

Adjective

sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)

1. Swedish

Noun

sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)

1. Swede

Noun

sueco m (uncountable)

1. Swedish (language)

Related terms

• Suecia

Further reading

• “sueco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier suécio (“Swedish”), from Suécia (“Sweden”), from Latin Suiones (“Swedes”), a Germanic tribe mentioned in Tacitus’ Germania.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈɛ.ku/ [sʊˈɛ.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswɛ.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈɛ.ku/ [sʊˈɛ.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswɛ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈɛ.ko/ [sʊˈɛ.ko], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswɛ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛ.ku/

• Hyphenation: su‧e‧co

Noun

sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)

1. Swede (person from Sweden)
2. (uncountable) Swedish (a Germanic language of Sweden)

Synonyms

• suécio (archaic)

Adjective

sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas, not comparable)

1. Swedish (of Sweden or its people)
2. Swedish (of the Swedish language)

Synonyms

• suécio (archaic)

Related terms

• Suécia
• suiões

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweko/ [ˈswe.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: sue‧co
• Homophone: (Latin America) zueco

Adjective

sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)

1. Swedish (from or native to Sweden)
2. Swedish (pertaining to Sweden)

Derived terms

• llave sueca

 

Noun

sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)

1. a Swede

Derived terms

• hacerse el sueco

 

Noun

sueco m (uncountable)

1. Swedish (language)

Further reading

• “sueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014