baço

See also: baco, Baco, bacò, Bačo, and bà cô

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.su/

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ço

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baço, from Vulgar Latin *hepatium, from Ancient Greek ἡπάτιον (hēpátion), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Compare Spanish bazo. Related to hepático.

Noun

baço m (plural baços)

  1. spleen

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly inherited from a Vulgar Latin *opacius, variant of opacus (“darkened, opaque”), or from Latin badius (“reddish-brown”), both terms of uncertain origin.

Adjective

baço (feminine baça, masculine plural baços, feminine plural baças)

  1. dull (not shiny)
    Synonyms: fosco, embaçado
    Antonym: brilhante
  2. dull (not colorful)
    Synonym: desbotado
    Antonyms: vivo, vivaz
  3. dull (lifeless, inexpressive)
    Antonym: vivaz
  4. swarthy (darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny)
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