saco

From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.

saco (plural sacos)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.

• costal, half-carga, Spanish sack

• cuartillo (¹⁄₉₆ saco), medio (¹⁄₄₈ saco), celemin (¹⁄₂₄ saco), cuartilla (¹⁄₈ saco), cuarto (¹⁄₄ saco), fanega (¹⁄₂ saco), carga (2 sacos), cahiz (6 sacos)

• COAS, SOCA, OACs, coas, Asco, Caso, COAs, soca, CoAs, ocas, SCAO, AOCs

From Old Galician-Portuguese saco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsako̝/

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag; sack
   • 1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 344:

     It. lyno que se em huun saquo por tascar

     Item, flax that is in a sack, for being scutched

saco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “saco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saco”, 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), “saco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: sa‧co

From Old Galician-Portuguese saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag; sack

   Synonym: bolsa

   Coloque os pães no saco.

   Put the breads in the bag.

2. (Brazil, vulgar) balls, nuts (the scrotum)

   Synonyms: testículos, bolas, ovos, (Portugal) tomates

   Chutaram meu saco.

   My balls were kicked.

3. (Brazil, colloquial) patience, tolerance

   Synonym: paciência

   Não tenho saco para isso.

   I don't have patience for that.

4. (Brazil, colloquial) something very tedious or annoying; a hassle

   Synonyms: aborrecimento, chatice

   Esta aula está um saco.

   This class is boring.

   (literally, “This class is a bore.”)

• Kadiwéu: jaaco

saco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsako/ [ˈsa.ko]

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• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: sa‧co

Inherited from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag, sack (a loose container)

   Synonyms: bolso, bolsa

2. gunny sack

   Synonym: costal

3. (Latin America) suit jacket (jacket portion of a formal suit)
4. (historical) English or American sack (a traditional unit of dry measure)
5. (historical) saco, Spanish sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L)

   Synonyms: media carga, costal

• (Spanish unit): cuartillo (¹⁄₉₆ saco), medio (¹⁄₄₈ saco), celemín (¹⁄₂₄ saco), cuartilla (¹⁄₈ saco), cuarto (¹⁄₄ saco), fanega (¹⁄₂ saco), carga (2 sacos), cahíz (6 sacos)

• → Seri: saaco (“blouse”)
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: saaku

saco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacar

• “saco”, 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