opaco

See also: opacó and opacò

Galician

Etymology

From Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”).

Adjective

opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opacos, feminine plural opacas)

1. opaque (allowing little light to pass through)

Derived terms

• opacamente

Related terms

• opacidade

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

(Possibly borrowed) from Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”), itself of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpa.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: o‧pà‧co

Adjective

opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opachi, feminine plural opache)

1. opaque (allowing little light to pass through)
2. matt
3. dull

Derived terms

• opacamente

Related terms

• bacio
• opacità

 

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈpaː.koː/, [ɔˈpäːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.ko/, [oˈpäːko]

Adjective

opācō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of opācus

References

• “opaco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opaco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opaco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈpa.ku/

• Rhymes: -aku

Adjective

opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opacos, feminine plural opacas)

1. opaque (allowing little light to pass through)

Derived terms

• opacamente

Related terms

• opacidade

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpako/ [oˈpa.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: o‧pa‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”).

Adjective

opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opacos, feminine plural opacas)

1. opaque (allowing little light to pass through)

Derived terms

• opacamente
• opacar
• opacificar

 

Related terms

• opacidad

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

opaco

1. first-person singular present indicative of opacar

Further reading

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