opaco

See also: opacó and opacò

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
2. matt
3. dull

Derived terms

• opacamente

Related terms

• bacio
• opacità

 

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aku

Adjective

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

1. opaque (allowing little light to pass through)

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpako/ [oˈpa.ko]

Adjective

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

1. opaque

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