chasco

See also: chascó

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃasko/ [ˈt͡ʃas̺.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Hyphenation: chas‧co

Noun

chasco m (plural chascos)

1. European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

   Synonyms: charchego, chaschás

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “chasco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chasco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chasco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃas.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃas.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʃ.ku/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʃ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʃ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaʃ.ku/

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

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare Galician chasco.

Noun

chasco m (plural chascos)

1. European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish chasco (“fraud, deception”).

Noun

chasco m (plural chascos)

1. joke, mockery

Further reading

• “chasco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chasco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃasko/ [ˈt͡ʃas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: chas‧co

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from chas ("sound that imitates a whip"). Compare with chascar.

Noun

chasco m (plural chascos)

1. disappointment

   me dio un chasco

   it let me down

   • 1862, Rafael Boira, El libro de los cuentos:

     Yo os aseguro que en adelante se van á llevar un chasco […]

     I assure you that later on they will be disappointed […]

Related terms

• chascarrillo

Etymology 2

Verb

chasco

1. first-person singular present indicative of chascar

Further reading

• “chasco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025