risico

Meaning

risk

Concepts

risk

hazard

venture

adventure

peril

uncertainty

chance

danger

jeopardy

plight

stakes

sweepstake

Hyphenated as

ri‧si‧co

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈri.zi.koː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian risico, variant of risco (“risk”), whence rischio (“risk, threat”) and rischiare (“to run into danger”). Further origin uncertain. See English risk for more.

Sentences

Gedurende de koude oorlog was er een groot risico op een nucleaire aanval .

During the Cold War, there was a high risk of a nuclear attack.