escolho
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈko.ʎu/, /esˈko.ʎu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈko.ʎu/, /eʃˈko.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈko.ʎo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈko.ʎu/
- Hyphenation: es‧co‧lho
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian scoglio, from Vulgar Latin *scoclus (possibly through a Ligurian intermediate), from Latin scopulus,[1] from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos).
Noun
escolho m (plural escolhos, metaphonic)
- (geography) skerry; reef (rock lying near or just above the surface of water)
- Synonyms: recife, abrolho, baixio
- (geography) a rocky island of difficult access
- (figurative) obstacle; impediment; hurdle (something that prevents progress)
- Synonym: obstáculo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
escolho
- first-person singular present indicative of escolher
References
- “escolho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.