arco

Italian, from arco (“bow”)

arco (not comparable)

1. (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.

• AOCR, Caro, Cora, Roca, acro, acro-, ocra, orca

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾko̝/

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arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)
2. (geometry) arc
3. (architecture) arch
4. hoop (of a barrel)
5. each one of the circles of a water wheel
6. Moon's halo

• Arco
• arco da vella
• Arcos
• Fontarcade
• Fonte Arcada

• “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “arco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “arco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

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arco m (plural archi)

1. bow (weapon)

   tirare con l'arco ― to pull back a bow

2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments)

   suonare con arco ― to play (music) with bow

3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch

• freccia f (weaponry)
• balestra f (weaponry)
• archetto m (weaponry)
• arcata f (architecture)
• volta f (architecture)
• curva f (by extension)
• curvatura f (by extension)
• gamma f
• ventaglio m
• spettro m
• schieramento m (politics)
• corso m (figuratively)
• periodo m (figuratively)

• acro, caro, ocra, orca, roca

From Old Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”)

• (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/

arco m (plural arcos)

1. (geometry) arc
2. arc, curve

   Synonym: curva

3. (architecture) arch
4. bow (weapon)

   Synonym: arco-e-flecha

5. bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)
6. (dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)
7. (ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)

• (rod used to play stringed instruments): violino

arco

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of arcar

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)

   tirar con arco ― to shoot with a bow

2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch
5. (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)

• arcoíris

• flecha f