saco

See also: Saco and sacó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese saco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsako̝/

Noun

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag; sack
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 344:

     It. lyno que se em huun saquo por tascar

     Item, flax that is in a sack, for being scutched

Verb

saco

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “saco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ku/
• Hyphenation: sa‧co
• Rhymes: -aku

Noun

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag; sack

   Synonym: bolsa

   Coloque os pães no saco.

   Put the breads in the bag.

2. (Brazil, vulgar) balls, nuts (the scrotum)

   Synonym: testículos

   Chutaram meu saco.

   My balls were kicked.

3. (Brazil, mildly vulgar) patience, tolerance

   Synonym: paciência

   Não tenho saco para isso.

   I don't have patience for that.

4. (Brazil, mildly vulgar) something very tedious or annoying

   Synonyms: aborrecimento, chatice

   Esta aula está um saco.

   This class is boring.

   (literally, “This class is a bore.”)

Derived terms

• saco-cama
• sacola

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: jaaco

Verb

saco

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

Noun

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag

   Synonyms: bolso, bolsa

2. sack
3. (Latin America) jacket

   Synonym: chaqueta

Derived terms

• a saco
• a saco paco
• a tomar por saco
• caer en saco roto
• hombre del saco
• ir a saco
• meter en el mismo saco
• saco de mierda

 

Descendants

• → Southeastern Tepehuan: saaku

Verb

saco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sacar.