Etymology
From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.
Anagrams
- COAS, SOCA, OACs, coas, Asco, Caso, COAs, soca, CoAs, ocas, SCAO, AOCs
Noun
saco m (plural sacos)
- bag; sack
1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 344:It. lyno que se em huun saquo por tascar- Item, flax that is in a sack, for being scutched
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “saco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aku
- Hyphenation: sa‧co
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.
Noun
saco m (plural sacos)
- bag; sack
- Synonym: bolsa
Coloque os pães no saco.- Put the breads in the bag.
- (Brazil, vulgar) balls, nuts (the scrotum)
- Synonyms: testículos, bolas, ovos, (Portugal) tomates
Chutaram meu saco.- My balls were kicked.
- (Brazil, mildly vulgar) patience, tolerance
- Synonym: paciência
Não tenho saco para isso.- I don't have patience for that.
- (Brazil, mildly vulgar) something very tedious or annoying
- Synonyms: aborrecimento, chatice
Esta aula está um saco.- This class is boring.
- (literally, “This class is a bore.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsako/ [ˈsa.ko]
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: sa‧co