asco

See also: Asco, Ascó, and ASCO

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *askijō.

Noun

asco m

1. grayling

Declension

Declension of asco (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	asco	ascon, ascun
accusative	ascon, ascun	ascon, ascun
genitive	ascen, ascin	ascōno
dative	ascen, ascin	ascōm, ascōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: asche, esche
  • German: Äsche f
• → Italian: lasca f

Further reading

• “Äsche” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Asche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ku/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
• Hyphenation: as‧co

Etymology 1

There are at least two hypotheses:

• Inherited from a deverbal formation derived from Vulgar Latin *ōsicāre (“to loathe”), from Latin ōdī (“to hate”). Compare Old Spanish^? usco (“disgust”).
• Inherited from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar.

Compare Spanish asco.

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. nausea (strong dislike or disgust)

   Synonyms: nojo, repulsa

Related terms

• asqueroso
• asquerosidade

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “a sac”).

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. (mycology) ascus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasko/ [ˈas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: as‧co

Etymology 1

Per Roberts, probably inherited from Old Spanish usgo (“disgust”), back-formed from *osgar (“to loathe”), from Vulgar Latin *ōsicō, from Latin ōsus, perfect passive participle of ōdī (“to hate”), with influence from asqueroso. An alternative hypothesis derives this word from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar.

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. disgust

   ¡Qué asco! ― Gross!

   • 2005, Oscar Barbery Suárez, Cuentos para leer con asco y otros cuentos, Grupo Editorial la hoguera, →ISBN, page 24:

     A veces me da asco leerlos, pero no es para tanto.

     Sometimes reading them disgusts me, but it's no big deal.

   • 2007, María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, Un cuerpo para el espíritu, Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia E Historia:

     La fuente de asco y de sufrimiento en este caso es comer […]

     The source of disgust and suffering in this case is eating […]

2. nausea
3. disgusting person

Derived terms

• asquear
• asquiento
• donde hay confianza, da asco

Related terms

• asquerosidad
• asqueroso

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Latin ascus.

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

1. Alternative form of asca

Further reading

• “asco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10