baço

See also: baco, Baco, and bacò

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.su/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ço
  • Rhymes: -asu

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese baço, of uncertain origin, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *hepatium, from Ancient Greek ἡπάτιον (hēpátion), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Alternatively from Latin badius. Compare Spanish bazo.

Noun

baço m (plural baços)

  1. spleen

Etymology 2

From Latin badius (“reddish-brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *badyo- (“yellow; brown”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *opacius, from opacus.

Adjective

baço m (feminine singular baça, masculine plural baços, feminine plural baças, comparable)

  1. which has lost its lustre or shininess
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