turco

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese turquo, from Medieval Latin Turcus, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), borrowed from Classical Persian ترک, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾko/ [ˈt̪uɾ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɾko

turco (feminine turca, masculine plural turcos, feminine plural turcas)

1. Turkish

turco m (plural turcos, feminine turca, feminine plural turcas)

1. Turk
2. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) native or inhabitant of the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (usually male)

   Synonym: coruñés

turco m (uncountable)

1. Turkish language

• “turco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ko/
• Rhymes: -urko
• Hyphenation: tùr‧co

• Audio:

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turco (feminine turca, masculine plural turchi, feminine plural turche)

1. Turkish

turco m (plural turchi, feminine turca)

1. Turk
2. (uncountable) the Turkish language

• bagno turco

• Turchia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese turquo, from Medieval Latin Turcus, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), borrowed from Classical Persian ترک, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.

• Rhymes: -uʁku, -uɾku
• Hyphenation: tur‧co

turco (feminine turca, masculine plural turcos, feminine plural turcas, not comparable)

1. Turkish (of or relating to Turkey)

turco m (plural turcos, feminine turca, feminine plural turcas)

1. Turk (person from Turkey)
2. (historical) Turk (person from the Ottoman Empire)

   Synonym: otomano

3. (Brazil, chiefly historical, now proscribed) an Arab, Jew or other immigrant from Middle East

turco m (plural turcos)

1. (uncountable) Turkish (Turkic language spoken in Turkey)
2. palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata, a small tree of the Americas)

   Synonym: cina-cina

• → Japanese: トルコ (Toruko)

• truco, curto

Borrowed from Turkish Türk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾko/ [ˈt̪uɾ.ko]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uɾko
• Syllabification: tur‧co

turco (feminine turca, masculine plural turcos, feminine plural turcas)

1. Turkish

turco m (plural turcos, feminine turca, feminine plural turcas)

1. (nationality, ethnicity) Turk
2. (nationality, ethnicity, Latin America) an Arab or Jew

turco m (uncountable)

1. Turkish (language)

• “turco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• truco
• curto

From Turkish Türk

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.ko/

turco m (plural turchi)

1. Turk

   Jeri go catà un turco.

   Yesterday I met a turk.