sueco
Asturian
Adjective
sueco
- neuter of suecu
Galician
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈs̺wɛ.kʊ]
Adjective
sueco m (feminine singular sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)
- Swedish
Noun
sueco m (plural suecos)
- Swede
- (uncountable) Swedish (language)
Related terms
- Suecia
Portuguese
Etymology
From earlier suécio (“Swedish”), from Suécia (“Sweden”), from Latin Suiones (“Swedes”), a Germanic tribe mentioned in Tacitus’ Germania.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈɛ.ku/ [sʊˈɛ.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswɛ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /suˈɛ.ko/ [sʊˈɛ.ko], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswɛ.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈswɛ.ku/
- Hyphenation: su‧e‧co
Noun
sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)
- Swede (person from Sweden)
- (uncountable) Swedish (a Germanic language of Sweden)
Synonyms
- suécio (archaic)
Adjective
sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas, not comparable)
- Swedish (of Sweden or its people)
- Swedish (of the Swedish language)
Synonyms
- suécio (archaic)
Related terms
- Suécia
- suiões
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Suecus, ultimately from Latin Suiōnēs (“Swedes”) (in Tacitus); cognate with Old English Swēon (“Swedes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsweko/ [ˈswe.ko]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eko
- Syllabification: sue‧co
- Homophone: (Latin America) zueco
Adjective
sueco (feminine sueca, masculine plural suecos, feminine plural suecas)
- Swedish (from or native to Sweden)
- Swedish (pertaining to Sweden)
Derived terms
- llave sueca
Noun
sueco m (plural suecos, feminine sueca, feminine plural suecas)
- a Swede
Derived terms
- hacerse el sueco
Noun
sueco m (uncountable)
- the Swedish language
Further reading
- “sueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014