arco

Etymology

Italian, from arco (“bow”)

Adverb

arco (not comparable)

1. (music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.

Anagrams

• AOCR, Caro, Cora, Roca, acro, acro-, ocra, orca

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾko̝/

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Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)
2. (geometry) arc
3. (architecture) arch
4. hoop (of a barrel)
5. each one of the circles of a water wheel
6. Moon's halo

References

• “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “arco” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “arco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

arco m (plural archi)

1. bow (weapon)

   tirare con l'arco ― to pull back a bow

2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments)

   suonare con arco ― to play (music) with bow

3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch

Anagrams

• acro, caro, ocra, orca, roca

Etymology

From Old Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ku/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹ.ku/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ko/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈaχ.ku/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ˈah.ku/

Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. (geometry) arc
2. arc, curve

   Synonym: curva

3. (architecture) arch
4. bow (weapon)

   Synonym: arco-e-flecha

5. bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)
6. (dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)
7. (ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)

Verb

arco

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of arcar

Etymology

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)

   tirar con arco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch
5. (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)