bacio

See also: baco, baciò, and bacío

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin bāsium (“kiss”). Cognate with Sicilian vasu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʃo/ (original, now central Italian)
• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tʃo/ (hypercorrected spelling pronunciation, now standard)

Noun

bacio m (plural baci)

1. kiss

Derived terms

• baci di dama
• bacione

Verb

bacio

1. first-person singular present indicative of baciare

Etymology 2

From a Vulgar Latin *opacīvus, from Latin opācus (“shady”). Cf. also dialectal ombaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃi.o/
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ba‧cì‧o

Adjective

bacio (feminine bacia, masculine plural bacii, feminine plural bacie)

1. shady

Noun

bacio m (plural bacii)

1. shade

Anagrams

• bocia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”). Doublet of bacia. Cognate with Galician bacía, French bassin, and Catalan bací.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈsi.u/, /baˈsiw/ [baˈsiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈsi.u/

• Rhymes: -iu
• Hyphenation: ba‧ci‧o

Noun

bacio m (plural bacios)

1. chamber pot
2. (dated) toilet

Further reading

• “bacio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bacio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bacio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bacio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

bacio (Cyrillic spelling бацио)

1. active past participle of baciti

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakjɔ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English back (verb).

Verb

bacio (first-person singular present baciaf)

1. to reverse
2. to back, to support
3. to follow

   Synonyms: dilyn, canlyn

4. to ride (a horse)

   Synonym: marchogaeth

   1. to break in (a horse)

      Synonyms: torri i mewn, torri i lawr

Derived terms

• bacio i fyny, bacio lan (“to back up”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bacio	facio	macio	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Verb

bacio

1. soft mutation of pacio

Mutation

Mutated forms of pacio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pacio	bacio	mhacio	phacio

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bacio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bacio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies