disco compacto

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English compact disc, from disco (“disc”) + compacto (“compact”).

Noun

disco compacto m (plural discos compactos)

1. compact disc

   Synonyms: compacto, CD

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English compact disc, from disco (“disc”) + compacto (“compact”).

Noun

disco compacto m (plural discos compactos)

1. compact disc

   Synonym: CD

Further reading

• “disco compacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10