resquicio

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish rescrieço,[1] Vulgar Latin *excrepitiare, from crepitiare, crepō.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /resˈkiθjo/ [resˈki.θjo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /resˈkisjo/ [resˈki.sjo]
  • Rhymes: -iθjo
  • Rhymes: -isjo
  • Syllabification: res‧qui‧cio

Noun

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resquicio m (plural resquicios)

  1. the opening between the door and doorjamb
  2. cleft, crack, slit, crevice (thin long opening)
  3. hint; glimmer; dash; modicum (small amount)
  4. (colloquial) opportunity, chance
  5. (Venezuela) rest, remainder
  6. (Venezuela) trace

References

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  1. ^ “resquicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ etimologias.dechile.net‎[1], (Can we date this quote?)

Further reading

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