brinco

See also: brincó

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) brinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of brincar

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Galician

Etymology

14th century. Probably a half learned word, from Latin vinculum. Doublet of vinco and vínculo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiŋko̝/

Noun

brinco m (plural brincos)

1. earring
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 330:

     Costança de Monterrey deu querella que lle tomaran o dito mudo et o castellaao hun brinco de prata da orella, en este dia, en Sesnande

     Constance of Monterrei reported that the aforementioned mute and the Castilian took a silver earring from her ear, in this day, in Sesnande

2. nose ring (for pigs)
3. jump, leap, hop

Derived terms

• brinca
• brincadeira
• brincar
• brinqueta

Verb

brinco

1. first-person singular present indicative of brincar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “brinco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “brinquo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “brinco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

brinco

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vinculum (“bond, link”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩ.ku/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩ.ko/

Noun

brinco m (plural s)

1. (jewelry) earring
2. (figuratively) something very beautiful and clean

   A casa está um brinco. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. frolic, fun, merriment

   Synonyms: brincadeira, diversão, divertimento

Derived terms

• brincar
• brinco-de-princesa

Verb

brinco

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vinculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾinko/ [ˈbɾĩŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -iŋko

Noun

brinco m (plural brincos)

1. jump, hop

Synonyms

• salto

Derived terms

• dar brincos

Verb

brinco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of brincar.