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corisco

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese corisco ("lightning", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin coruscus (flashing), perhaps influenced by a descendant of Proto-Germanic *skūrō (storm).

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Noun

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corisco m (plural coriscos)

  1. storm; downpour
  2. blizzard; cold wind
    Synonyms: escarabana, xistra
  3. (archaic) lightning
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:
      Et alí cresçerõ toruões et coriscos et rrelánpagos tã grandes et tã brauos et tã desmesurados que semellaua que todo o mũdo quiría peresçer.
      And there grew such large thunders and lightning and flashes so wild and so boundless, that it seemed that the whole world wanted to perish
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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corisco

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of coriscar

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
  • Hyphenation: co‧ris‧co

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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corisco m (plural coriscos)

  1. (meteorology) thunder-less, luminous atmospheric meteor
  2. electrical spark
  3. (Ceará) unexpected guest
  4. (Portugal) a troublesome person, troublemaker in Azorean Portuguese. "Aquele gajo é um curisco" That guy is a troublemaker
  5. (Portugal) an inhabitant of the São Miguel Island in the Azores
    Synonym: micaelense

Adjective

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corisco (feminine corisca, masculine plural coriscos, feminine plural coriscas)

  1. native of São Miguel Island

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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corisco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coriscar

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