resquicio
See also: resquício
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish rescrieço,[1] Vulgar Latin *excrepitiare, from crepitiare, crepō.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /resˈkiθjo/ [resˈki.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resˈkisjo/ [resˈki.sjo]
- Rhymes: -iθjo
- Rhymes: -isjo
- Syllabification: res‧qui‧cio
Noun
[edit]resquicio m (plural resquicios)
- the opening between the door and doorjamb
- cleft, crack, slit, crevice (thin long opening)
- hint; glimmer; dash; modicum (small amount)
- (colloquial) opportunity, chance
- (Venezuela) rest, remainder
- (Venezuela) trace
References
[edit]- ^ “resquicio”, 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
- ^ etimologias.dechile.net[1], (Can we date this quote?)
Further reading
[edit]- “resquicio”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iθjo
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