ecco
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin eccum, from ecce + eum.
Adverb
ecco
- used to call someone's attention to suddenly approaching or appearing beings or things; here is..., there is...
- used to call someone's attention to the presence of a being(s) or thing(s); here is..., there is...
- (figurative) used to call someone's attention to a fact or situation
- used to introduce an act of handing or gifting; here is...
- used to introduce a clarification or explanation; that is, that is to say
- ecco tutto ― that's all
- used as an affirmative response to a call or command; here is...
- used as an intensifier of a following declarative statement
- used to express the suddenness of an event
- used as intensifier, before a locative or predicate complement, to express amazement, satisfaction, displeasure or other emotions (depending on context)
- used as intensifier, before a past participle form, to indicate a completed action
- used to introduce an exemplification
- used to introduce a conclusion so, therefore
Interjection
ecco
- here it is! there you have it!
- used to express hesitation; er, um
- (archaic) used to express encouragement
Derived terms
Further reading
- ecco1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ecco in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ecco”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Etymology 2
Noun
ecco f (uncountable)[4]
- archaic form of eco (“echo”)
Further reading
- eco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
References
- ^ ecco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ ecco in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ^ ecco → eco in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ^ eco in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
ecco
- alternative form of eccho