viço

See also: vico and viĉo

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vitium, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei (“guilt, vice, fault”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈβi.t͡so/

Noun

viço m

delight, pleasure
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 357 (facsimile):
  orto dos uiços do parayſo
  garden of the delights of Paradise
happiness
vice

Descendants

Galician: vizo
Portuguese: viço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese viço, from Latin vitium (this form possibly semi-learned; compare the doublet vezo), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei (“guilt, vice, fault”). Also doublet of vício.

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.su/
Hyphenation: vi‧ço

Noun

viço m (plural viços)

Synonyms

(vigour): vigor
(vice): vício

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