escolho

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) skerry; reef (rock lying near or just above the surface of water)
2. (masculine) a rocky island of difficult access
3. (figuratively, masculine) obstacle; impediment; hurdle (something that prevents progress)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of escolher

escolher

to choose

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Concepts

reef

breaker

Synonyms

recive

recife

recifes

Arrecife

restinga

arrecife

Translations

rif

klip

Riff

escollo

récif

écueil

Klippe

roca

🪨

arrecife

escull

altınlı maden damarı

camadan

rompent

ξέρα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈko.ʎu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: scoglio

In summary

Borrowed from Italian scoglio, from Vulgar Latin *scoculum (possibly through a Ligurian intermediate), from Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos).