marisco

Galician

Marisco

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from mar (“sea”) +‎ -isco. Compare Portuguese marisco and Spanish marisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾisko̝/

Adjective

marisco (feminine marisca, masculine plural mariscos, feminine plural mariscas)

1. (rare) maritime

   Synonyms: mariño, marítimo

Derived terms

• troita marisca
• vento marisco

Noun

marisco m (plural mariscos)

1. (countable or uncountable) seafood, especially when referring to edible crabs and shellfish

   Moito che me sabe o marisco! ― I really enjoy seafood!

   Synonym: froito de mar

Derived terms

• mariscada
• mariscador
• mariscaría
• Marisqueira
• marisquería

Related terms

• mar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

mar +‎ -isco

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈɾiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈɾis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾiʃ.ku/

Noun

marisco m (plural mariscos)

1. shellfish (aquatic invertebrate with a shell, especially as food)
2. (cooking, chiefly plural) seafood (edible aquatic life)

   Synonym: fruto do mar

Derived terms

• marisqueira

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾisko/ [maˈɾis.ko]

Etymology 1

From mar.

Noun

marisco m (plural mariscos)

1. edible shellfish or alga
2. (cooking, chiefly plural) seafood (edible aquatic life)

Derived terms

• mariscal
• mariscar
• mariscador
• marisquería
• cóctel de mariscos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

marisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mariscar

Further reading

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