barroco

See also: Barroco

Portuguese

Etymology

From barro +‎ -oco. Semantic loan from French baroque or Italian barocco in the art sense.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈʁo.ku/ [baˈho.ku]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baˈʁo.ku/ [baˈχo.ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈʁo.ko/ [baˈho.ko]

  • Rhymes: -oku
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ro‧co
  • Homophone: Barroco

Adjective

barroco (feminine barroca, masculine plural barrocos, feminine plural barrocas)

  1. (archaic, of a gem) rough; irregular
    • 1522, Alvaro do Tojal, Dote da Duqueza Infante D. Beatriz; republished as chapter 76, in António Caetano de Sousa, compiler, Provas da Historia Genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza, volume II, number IV, Lisbon: Sylvianna, 1742, page 465:
      Seis aneis, ſaber: hum que tem hum robi chaõ barroco, outro que tem hum robi tavoleta, outro que tem hum diamaõ de ponta jaquelada, outro que tem huma eſmeralda tumba grande, outro que tem huma eſmeralda tavoleta, outro que tem hum robi barroco, dos quais tres delles ſaõ eſmaltados, e os tres ſem efmalte todos douro; pezaraõ juntamente huma onça, e ſeſſenta graõs.
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  2. (art) Baroque

Noun

barroco m (uncountable)

  1. (art) alternative letter-case form of Barroco

References

  1. ^ “barroco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baroque influenced by Portuguese barroco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈroko/ [baˈro.ko]
  • Rhymes: -oko
  • Syllabification: ba‧rro‧co

Adjective

barroco (feminine barroca, masculine plural barrocos, feminine plural barrocas)

  1. Baroque

Derived terms

Further reading

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