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)

1. picaresque

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish picaresco. By surface analysis, pícaro +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾes.ku/

• (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/

• Rhymes: -esku, -eʃku
• Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧res‧co

Adjective

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

1. picaresque (relating to or characteristic of a rogue)
2. burlesque, comical, ridiculous
3. (literature) picaresque (which is based on the narrative, often autodiegetic and satirical, of the adventures of a character, generally of low status, who lives by means that are not always honest)

Further reading

• “picaresco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “picaresco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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)

1. picaresque

Descendants

• English: picaresque
• Italian: picaresco
• Portuguese: picaresco

Further reading

• “picaresco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28