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arco.

arc

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaʁ.ku/Brazil[ˈah.ku]Brazil/ˈaɾ.ku/São-Paulo/ˈaʁ.ku/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. arc

    masculine
  2. arc, curve

    masculine
  3. arch

    masculine
  4. bow (weapon)

    masculine
  5. bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)

    masculine
  6. archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)

    masculine
  7. arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

verb/ˈaʁ.ku/Brazil[ˈah.ku]Brazil/ˈaɾ.ku/São-Paulo/ˈaʁ.ku/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of arcar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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