rouco

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rouco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin raucus. Compare Portuguese rouco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrowkʊ]

Adjective

rouco (feminine rouca, masculine plural roucos, feminine plural roucas)

1. hoarse, raucous, husky
2. gravelly (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)

   Synonym: cavernoso

Derived terms

• enrouquecer
• Rouco
• roucón

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “rouco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “rouco”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rouco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rouco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rouco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rouco, from Latin raucus. Compare Galician rouco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ko/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ko]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁow.ku/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.ku/

• Rhymes: -owku, -oku
• Hyphenation: rou‧co

Adjective

rouco (feminine rouca, masculine plural roucos, feminine plural roucas)

1. hoarse, husky
2. raucous

Related terms

• enrouquecer

Further reading

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