fusco

fusco

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fuscus; Doublet of fosco.

Adjective

fusco (feminine fusca, masculine plural fuscos, feminine plural fuscas)

  1. not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster

Noun

fusco m (plural fuscos)

  1. dusk

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

    From fuscus (dark, swarthy, dusky) + .

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    fuscō (present infinitive fuscāre, perfect active fuscāvī, supine fuscātum); first conjugation

    1. (transitive) to make dark, swarthy or dusky; blacken, darken
    2. (intransitive) to become dark or swarthy

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Spanish: fuscar

    Adjective

    fuscō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fuscus

    References

    • fusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • fusco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • fusco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin fuscus; doublet of fosco.

    Pronunciation

     

    • Rhymes: (Brazil) -usku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃku
    • Hyphenation: fus‧co

    Adjective

    fusco (feminine fusca, masculine plural fuscos, feminine plural fuscas)

    1. dark (color/colour)
      Synonyms: escuro, pardo
    2. (figurative) sad
      Synonym: triste

    Derived terms

    Further reading