asco

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Portuguese

Noun

asco m (plural s)

  1. nausea (strong dislike or disgust)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
    • 2007, María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, Un cuerpo para el espíritu: mística en la Nueva Granada, el cuerpo, el gusto y el asco, 1680-1750, 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 []
    • 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.
  2. nausea

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin ascus.

Noun

asco m (plural ascos)

  1. Alternative form of asca

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