stanco

See also: stancò and Stanco

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stanza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstant͡so/
• Rhymes: -ant͡so
• Hyphenation: stan‧co

Noun

stanco (accusative singular stancon, plural stancoj, accusative plural stancojn)

1. (poetry) stanza; octave, octet

   Hypernym: strofo

2. (proscribed) Synonym of strofo (“verse”)

Usage notes

According to BL, this word is only for the Italianate verse type with the rhyme scheme abababcc; for generic verses, use strofo.

Further reading

• “stanco”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstan.ko/

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• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: stàn‧co

Etymology 1

From the short past participle of stancare (“to tire out”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle stancato.

Adjective

stanco (feminine stanca, masculine plural stanchi, feminine plural stanche, superlative stanchissimo)

1. tired

   Sono stanco morto. ― I'm dead tired.

2. bored

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stanco

1. first-person singular present indicative of stancare

Related terms

• stancamente
• stanchezza

Further reading

• Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.

Anagrams

• consta, sconta