palco

See also: pałco

Italian

Etymology

From Lombardic balko (“beam”) from Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare German Balken, English balk.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alko

Noun

palco m (plural palchi)

1. stand, platform
2. (theater, music) stage

   Synonym: palcoscenico

3. (theater) box
4. (zoology) antler
5. scaffold, scaffolding

Derived terms

• catafalco (via consonant shift)
• palchista
• palcoscenico
• sottopalco
• spalcare

 

Related terms

• balcone

Descendants

• → Portuguese: palco
• → Spanish: palco

Anagrams

• colpa
• placo, placò
• polca

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Portuguese

palco

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palco (“stand; stage”), from Lombardic balko (“beam”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *balkô (“beam”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bhelg'- (“beam, pile, prop”). Cognate to Portuguese balcão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.ku/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.ko/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɫ.ku/
• Rhymes: -awku

Noun

palco m (plural s)

1. stage (of a theatre)
2. (figurative) a location where something important happens

Derived terms

• palco elisabetano
• palco giratório
• palco italiano

Further reading

• palco on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian palco, doublet of balco (now usually balcone), balcony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalko/ [ˈpal.ko]

Noun

palco m (plural palcos)

1. (theater) box
2. bench

Derived terms

• antepalco

Further reading

• “palco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014