buraco

Galician

Alternative forms

• burato, bureco

Etymology

Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese buraco (13th century), perhaps from a local derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”) + the suffix -aco, from a pre-Lattin suffix -akko-.

Compare Portuguese buraco, Asturian buracu, furacu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɾako̝/

Noun

buraco m (plural buracos)

1. hole

   Synonyms: buxeiro, furado

2. pit

Derived terms

• buraco negro
• esfuracar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “buraco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “buraco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “buraco”, 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), “buraco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “buraco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɾa.ku/

• Audio (Portugal, Oporto):

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• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: bu‧ra‧co

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Possibly from Old Galician-Portuguese furaco, through Vulgar Latin *foraculum from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”). Compare Galician buraco, furaco, furado, Asturian furacu, buracu, Ladino burako, Leonese buraco, and Spanish buraco; cf. also Catalan forat, Spanish horado.

Or, possibly borrowed from Old High German boron (“to bore, drill”).

Noun

buraco m (plural buracos)

1. pit; hole (hollow spot in a surface)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buraco

2. burrow (a tunnel or hole dug by a creature)

   Synonyms: toca, túnel

3. (figurative, depreciative) a very filthy, crude or precarious house

   Synonyms: esconderijo, toca, ninho de ratos

4. (billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table)

   Synonym: caçapa

5. hole (an opening in a solid)

   Synonyms: abertura, fenda, orifício

6. (figurative) gap (a vacant time)

   Synonyms: janela, lacuna

7. (figurative) an emotional gap caused by someone’s death or absence

   Synonym: vazio

8. (slang) a difficult situation financially
9. (card games) canasta, especially its Brazilian variant

   Synonyms: biriba, canastra

Derived terms

• buraco-branco
• buraco-cinza
• buraco-negro
• sair do buraco
• tapa-buracos
• tapar buracos

 

Related terms

• buracar
• esburacado
• esburacamento
• esburacar
• esburaquento

 

See also

• furacar
• furado

Etymology 2

Verb

buraco

1. first-person singular present indicative of buracar