rouco

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rouco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin raucus. Compare Portuguese rouco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrowkʊ]

Adjective

rouco (feminine rouca, masculine plural roucos, feminine plural roucas)

1. hoarse, raucous, husky
2. gravelly (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)

   Synonym: cavernoso

Derived terms

• enrouquecer
• Rouco
• roucón

References

• “rouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rouc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rouco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rouco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rouco, from Latin raucus. Compare Galician rouco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ko/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ko]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁow.ku/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.ku/

• Rhymes: -owku, -oku
• Hyphenation: rou‧co

Adjective

rouco (feminine rouca, masculine plural roucos, feminine plural roucas)

1. hoarse, husky
2. raucous

Related terms

• enrouquecer