eunuco

Borrowed from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

• IPA^(key): /ewˈnu.ko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: eu‧nù‧co

eunuco m (plural eunuchi)

1. eunuch
2. (slang) weakling or coward

• eunuco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Learned borrowing from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: eu‧nu‧co

eunuco (feminine eunuca, masculine plural eunucos, feminine plural eunucas)

1. castrated
   • 1981, Fernando Pettinati, Antônio Camano, 18:41 from the start, in Feira da Fruta (VHS), spoken by Batman (Fernando Pettinati), São Paulo, reddubing of He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul:

     Não adianta, Coringa. Antes de sair da Batcaverna, eu tirei meu pinto fora. Eu não tenho pinto, não sei se vocês sabem disso. Eu sou eunuco!

     It's no use, Joker. Before leaving the Batcave, I took my dick out. I have no dick, if you don't know that. I'm castrated!

2. (figuratively, derogatory) sterile
3. (figuratively, derogatory) useless

eunuco m (plural eunucos)

1. eunuch (castrated human male)
2. (historical) eunuch (castrated man who was entrusted with the care of the women in the harem)
3. (figuratively, derogatory) man unable to procreate

• “eunuco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

• IPA^(key): /euˈnuko/ [eu̯ˈnu.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: eu‧nu‧co

eunuco m (plural eunucos)

1. eunuch

• “eunuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024