buraco

Portuguese

/bu.ˈɾa.ku/, /bu.ˈɾa.ko/

noun
Definitions
  • pit; hole hollow spot in a surface
  • burrow a tunnel or hole dug by a creature
  • (figurative) a very filthy, crude or precarious house
  • (billiards) pocket cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table
  • hole an opening in a solid
  • (figurative) gap a vacant time
  • (figurative) an emotional gap caused by someone’s death or absence
  • (slang) a difficult situation financially
  • (card games) canasta, especially its Brazilian variant

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese furaco inherited from Latin *foraculum, forāmen (opening, aperture) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱouH-r-o- borrowed from Old High German boron (drill, bore).

Origin

Old High German

boron

Gloss

drill, bore

Concept
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