buraco
Meaning
- (masculine) hole
- (masculine) pit
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buˈɾako̝/
Etymology
Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese buraco (13th century), perhaps from a local derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”) + the suffix -aco, from a pre-Lattin suffix -akko-. Compare Portuguese buraco, Asturian buracu, furacu.
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