carco

See also: carcò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ko/
• Rhymes: -arko
• Hyphenation: càr‧co

Noun

carco m (plural carchi)

1. (poetic, literary, archaic) Alternative form of carico (“load”)

Adjective

carco (feminine carca, masculine plural carchi, feminine plural carche)

1. (poetic, literary, archaic) Alternative form of carico (“loaded”)
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed una lupa, che di tutte brame ¶ sembiava carca ne la sua magrezza, ¶ e molte genti fé già viver grame,

     And a she-wolf, that with all hungerings seemed to be laden in her meagreness, ⁠and many folk has caused to live forlorn!

Anagrams

• Rocca, corca, rocca

Welsh

Etymology

From carc (“care”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarkɔ/

Verb

carco (first-person singular present carcaf)

1. (South Wales, colloquial) to take care, to care

   Synonym: gofalu

2. (South Wales, colloquial) to babysit

   Synonym: gwarchod

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	carcaf	cerci	carca	carcwn	cercwch, carcwch	carcant	cercir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	carcwn	carcit	carcai	carcem	carcech	carcent	cercid
preterite	cercais	cercaist	carcodd	carcasom	carcasoch	carcasant	carcwyd
pluperfect	carcaswn	carcasit	carcasai	carcasem	carcasech	carcasent	carcasid, carcesid
present subjunctive	carcwyf	cercych	carco	carcom	carcoch	carcont	carcer
imperative	—	carca	carced	carcwn	cercwch, carcwch	carcent	carcer
verbal noun	carco
verbal adjectives	carcedig carcadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	carca i, carcaf i	carci di	carcith o/e/hi, carciff e/hi	carcwn ni	carcwch chi	carcan nhw
conditional	carcwn i, carcswn i	carcet ti, carcset ti	carcai fo/fe/hi, carcsai fo/fe/hi	carcen ni, carcsen ni	carcech chi, carcsech chi	carcen nhw, carcsen nhw
preterite	carcais i, carces i	carcaist ti, carcest ti	carcodd o/e/hi	carcon ni	carcoch chi	carcon nhw
imperative	—	carca	—	—	carcwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• carcus

Mutation

Mutated forms of carco

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
carco	garco	ngharco	charco

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “carco”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies