vasco

See also: Vasco and Vasco-

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/ [ˈbas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: vas‧co

Adjective

vasco

1. neuter of vascu.

Galician

Alternative forms

• basco (reintegrationist)

Adjective

vasco (feminine vasca, masculine plural vascos, feminine plural vascas)

1. Basque

Noun

vasco m (plural vascos, feminine vasca, feminine plural vascas)

1. a Basque person

Related terms

• País Vasco
• vasca

Further reading

• “vasco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Etymology

Singular of Vascōnēs

Noun

vascō m (genitive vascōnis); third declension

1. Vascon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vascō	vascōnēs
genitive	vascōnis	vascōnum
dative	vascōnī	vascōnibus
accusative	vascōnem	vascōnēs
ablative	vascōne	vascōnibus
vocative	vascō	vascōnēs

Descendants

• Asturian: vascu
• Catalan: basc, gascó
• French: basque, gascon
• English: Basque, Gascon
• Galician: vasco
• Italian: basco, guascone
• Occitan: gascon, basco
• Portuguese: basco, gascão, vasco
• Spanish: vasco, vascón, gascón

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvas.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʃ.ku/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʃ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaʃ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
• Homophones: Vasco, basco (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: vas‧co

Adjective

vasco (feminine vasca, masculine plural vascos, feminine plural vascas, not comparable)

1. alternative form of basco

Noun

vasco m (plural vascos, feminine vasca, feminine plural vascas)

1. alternative form of basco

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Basco

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vascō, via the nominative. Doublet of vascón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasko/ [ˈbas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: vas‧co

Adjective

vasco (feminine vasca, masculine plural vascos, feminine plural vascas)

1. Basque

Noun

vasco m (plural vascos, feminine vasca, feminine plural vascas)

1. a Basque person

Noun

vasco m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

   Synonym: euskara

Related terms

• euskera
• País Vasco
• pelota vasca
• vascófilo
• vascón
• vascongado
• Vasconia
• vascuence

Further reading

• “vasco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025