arisco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈɾiʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾiʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
• Hyphenation: a‧ris‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish arisco.

Adjective

arisco (feminine arisca, masculine plural ariscos, feminine plural ariscas)

1. shy, aloof
2. elusive

   Synonym: esquivo

3. unpleasant

   Synonym: desagradável

4. (figuratively) suspicious

   Synonym: desconfiado

Etymology 2

From areísco, from areia (“sand”).

Adjective

arisco (feminine arisca, masculine plural ariscos, feminine plural ariscas)

1. sandy

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾisko/ [aˈɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: a‧ris‧co

Adjective

arisco (feminine arisca, masculine plural ariscos, feminine plural ariscas)

1. shy, skittish
2. unsociable, untalkative

   Synonym: intratable

Further reading

• “arisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014