escollo

Meaning

1. (masculine) reef, shoal
2. (figuratively, masculine) pitfall, stumbling block

Concepts

reef

rock

🪨

pitfall

snag

stumbling block

obstacle

hassle

hinder

hindrance

impediment

millstone

nuisance

obstruction

problem

shoal

trap

🪤

albatross

trouble

bar

barrier

blockade

danger

❗

difficulty

Synonyms

arrecife

barrera

dificultad

impedimento

obstáculo

obstrucción

atasco

inconveniente

rémora

medida disuasoria

peñuco

Translations

scoglio

Klippe

écueil

Riff

klip

récif

obstáculo

obstacle

rif

ostacolo

escolho

Hindernis

roca

🪨

empêchement

scogliera

Hyphenated as

es‧co‧llo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/esˈkoʝo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: scoglio

Cognate with Catalan: escull

In summary

Borrowed from Italian scoglio, from Vulgar Latin *scoculum (possibly through a Gallo-Italic intermediate), from Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos, “lookout place: hence peak, headland, promontory”). Compare Catalan escull.