arco

See also: arcò, arĉo, arco-, and Arco

English

Etymology

From Italian arco (“bow”). Doublet of arch and arc.

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, RAOC, Roca, acro, acro-, ocra, orca

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Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish arco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾko/

Noun

arco

1. (architecture) arch

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

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Galician

Arcos, Santa Mariña Dozo, Cambados, Galicia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾko̝/

• Audio:

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Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:

     Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría

     He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery

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

Derived terms

• Arco
• arco da vella
• Arcos
• Fontarcade
• Fonte Arcada

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ko/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arko
• Hyphenation: àr‧co

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

Related terms

• archettaio
• arcobaleno
• arcuare
• inarcare

 

See also

• freccia f (weaponry)
• balestra f (weaponry)
• archetto m (weaponry)
• arcata f (architecture)
• volta f (architecture)
• curva f (by extension)
• curvatura f (by extension)
• gamma f
• ventaglio m
• spettro m
• schieramento m (politics)
• corso m (figuratively)
• periodo m (figuratively)

Anagrams

• acro, acro-, caro, ocra, orca, roca

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ku/ [ˈah.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ku/ [ˈah.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.ku/ [ˈaχ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ku/

• IPA^(key): /ˈah.ku/

Etymology 1

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

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)

Derived terms

• arco-da-velha
• arco-e-flecha
• arco-íris
• arcobotante

 

Related terms

• arcar
• arcaria
• arcatura
• arciforme
• arqueação
• arqueado
• arqueador
• arqueadura
• arqueamento
• arquear
• arquilho

 

weapon

• arqueiro
• balestra
• besta
• flecha

 

• (rod used to play stringed instruments): violino

Etymology 2

Verb

arco

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin arcus (whence English archery), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). In some senses inherited, in others borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with English arc and arch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾko/ [ˈaɾ.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)

   tirar con arco ― to shoot with a bow

2. (music) bow (rod for an instrument)
3. (geometry) arc
4. (storytelling, literature) arc
5. (architecture) arch
6. (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)

   Synonym: portería

Derived terms

• arcada
• arco aórtico
• arco de triunfo
• Arco de Triunfo
• arco del cielo
• arco escarzano
• arco formero
• arco huno
• arco iris
• arco largo
• arcoíris
• arquear
• arquería
• arquero
• caballo con arcos
• sierra de arco
• tiro con arco

 

See also

• flecha

Further reading

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