fusco

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fuscus; Doublet of fosco.

Adjective

fusco (feminine fusca, masculine plural fuscos, feminine plural fuscas)

1. not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster

Noun

fusco m (plural fuscos)

1. dusk

Further reading

• “fusco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “fusco”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-ko-sder.

Latin fuscus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin fuscō

From fuscus (“dark, swarthy, dusky”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfus.ko]

Verb

fuscō (present infinitive fuscāre, perfect active fuscāvī, supine fuscātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to make dark, swarthy or dusky; blacken, darken
2. (intransitive) to become dark or swarthy

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fuscō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fuscō		fuscās		fuscat		fuscāmus		fuscātis		fuscant
	imperfect	fuscābam		fuscābās		fuscābat		fuscābāmus		fuscābātis		fuscābant
	future	fuscābō		fuscābis		fuscābit		fuscābimus		fuscābitis		fuscābunt
	perfect	fuscāvī		fuscāvistī		fuscāvit		fuscāvimus		fuscāvistis		fuscāvērunt, fuscāvēre
	pluperfect	fuscāveram		fuscāverās		fuscāverat		fuscāverāmus		fuscāverātis		fuscāverant
	future perfect	fuscāverō		fuscāveris		fuscāverit		fuscāverimus		fuscāveritis		fuscāverint
passive	present	fuscor		fuscāris, fuscāre		fuscātur		fuscāmur		fuscāminī		fuscantur
	imperfect	fuscābar		fuscābāris, fuscābāre		fuscābātur		fuscābāmur		fuscābāminī		fuscābantur
	future	fuscābor		fuscāberis, fuscābere		fuscābitur		fuscābimur		fuscābiminī		fuscābuntur
	perfect	fuscātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fuscātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fuscātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fuscem		fuscēs		fuscet		fuscēmus		fuscētis		fuscent
	imperfect	fuscārem		fuscārēs		fuscāret		fuscārēmus		fuscārētis		fuscārent
	perfect	fuscāverim		fuscāverīs		fuscāverit		fuscāverīmus		fuscāverītis		fuscāverint
	pluperfect	fuscāvissem		fuscāvissēs		fuscāvisset		fuscāvissēmus		fuscāvissētis		fuscāvissent
passive	present	fuscer		fuscēris, fuscēre		fuscētur		fuscēmur		fuscēminī		fuscentur
	imperfect	fuscārer		fuscārēris, fuscārēre		fuscārētur		fuscārēmur		fuscārēminī		fuscārentur
	perfect	fuscātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fuscātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fuscā		—		—		fuscāte		—
	future	—		fuscātō		fuscātō		—		fuscātōte		fuscantō
passive	present	—		fuscāre		—		—		fuscāminī		—
	future	—		fuscātor		fuscātor		—		—		fuscantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fuscāre			fuscārī			fuscāns			—
future		fuscātūrum esse			fuscātum īrī			fuscātūrus			fuscandus
perfect		fuscāvisse			fuscātum esse			—			fuscātus
future perfect		—			fuscātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fuscātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fuscandī		fuscandō		fuscandum		fuscandō		fuscātum		fuscātū

Derived terms

• fuscātor
• īnfuscō
• offuscō
• obfuscō (Late Latin)

Related terms

• fuscitās
• fuscus

Descendants

• Spanish: fuscar

Adjective

fuscō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fuscus

References

• “fusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fusco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fuscus; doublet of fosco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfuʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfuʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -usku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃku
• Hyphenation: fus‧co

Adjective

fusco (feminine fusca, masculine plural fuscos, feminine plural fuscas)

1. dark (color/colour)

   Synonyms: escuro, pardo

2. (figurative) sad

   Synonym: triste

Derived terms

• lusco-fusco

Further reading

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