picaresco

Italian

Etymology

From picaro +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈre.sko/
Rhymes: -esko
Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧ré‧sco

Adjective

picaresco (feminine picaresca, masculine plural picareschi, feminine plural picaresche)

picaresque

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish picaresco.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾes.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾeʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾes.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.kɐˈɾeʃ.ku/

Adjective

picaresco (feminine picaresca, masculine plural picarescos, feminine plural picarescas)

picaresque

Spanish

Etymology

From pícaro (“rogue”) +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pikaˈɾesko/ [pi.kaˈɾes.ko]
Rhymes: -esko
Syllabification: pi‧ca‧res‧co

Adjective

picaresco (feminine picaresca, masculine plural picarescos, feminine plural picarescas)

picaresque

Descendants

English: picaresque
Italian: picaresco
Portuguese: picaresco

Further reading

“picaresco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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