arisco
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
arisco (feminine arisca, masculine plural ariscos, feminine plural ariscas)
- shy, aloof
- elusive
- Synonym: esquivo
- unpleasant
- Synonym: desagradável
- (figuratively) suspicious
- Synonym: desconfiado
Etymology 2[edit]
From areísco, from areia (“sand”).
Adjective[edit]
arisco (feminine arisca, masculine plural ariscos, feminine plural ariscas)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
arisco (feminine arisca, masculine plural ariscos, feminine plural ariscas)
- shy, skittish
- unsociable, untalkative
- Synonym: intratable
Further reading[edit]
- “arisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/isku
- Rhymes:Portuguese/isku/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃku
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃku/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Spanish
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese adjectives
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/isko
- Rhymes:Spanish/isko/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives