roco

See also: roço

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrokʊ]

Noun

roco m (plural rocos)

1. (mycology) parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

   Synonym: patamela

Usage notes

The same species are known as choupín and cerrote when their "parasol" is still closed.

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin raucus. Doublet of rauco, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔko
• Hyphenation: rò‧co

Adjective

roco (feminine roca, masculine plural rochi, feminine plural roche)

1. hoarse, throaty

   Synonym: rauco

Derived terms

• rocamente

Anagrams

• -coro, Orco, coro, orco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ku/ [ˈhɔ.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ku/ [ˈhɔ.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ku/ [ˈχɔ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ko/ [ˈhɔ.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔku
• Hyphenation: ro‧co

Verb

roco

1. first-person singular present indicative of rocar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroko/ [ˈro.ko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: ro‧co

Adjective

roco (feminine roca, masculine plural rocos, feminine plural rocas)

1. (Costa Rica, colloquial, derogatory, of a person) old

Further reading

• “roco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014