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arco
arco
English
Adverb
arco (not comparable)
- (music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
arco m (plural arcos)
- bow (weapon)
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arco m (plural archi)
- bow (weapon)
- tirare con l'arco - to pull back a bow
- (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
- suonare con arco - to play (music) with bow
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
Related terms
See also
- freccia f
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈaɾ.ku/
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈaɹ.ku/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaɻ.ko/
- (Carioca) IPA(key): /ˈaχ.ku/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˈah.ku/
Noun
arco m (plural arcos)
- (geometry) arc
- arc, curve
- (architecture) arch
- bow (weapon)
- bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)
- (dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)
- (ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)
Synonyms
- (2) curva
- (4) arco-e-flecha
Derived terms
Related terms
- arciforme, arcar, arcaria, arcatura, arquilho, arqueação, arquear, arqueado, arqueador, arqueadura, arqueamento
- (4) flecha, besta, balestra, arqueiro
- (5) violino
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).
Noun
arco m (plural arcos)
- bow (weapon)
- tirar con arco
- (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
- (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)
Derived terms
- arcoíris Spanish
Related terms
See also
- flecha f