asterisco

== Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.teˈris.ko/ Rhymes: -isko Hyphenation: a‧ste‧rì‧sco === Noun === asterisco m (plural asterischi) asterisk === Further reading === asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary === Anagrams === citassero, corteassi, crossiate, esorcista, rosicaste, satiresco, scortesia, scosterai == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === asterístico (hypercorrect) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”). === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku] Rhymes: -isku Hyphenation: as‧te‧ris‧co === Noun === asterisco m (plural asteriscos) asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences) === Further reading === “asterisco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “asterisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), used in manuscripts to mark passages. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /asteˈɾisko/ [as.t̪eˈɾis.ko] Rhymes: -isko Syllabification: as‧te‧ris‧co === Noun === asterisco m (plural asteriscos) asterisk (slang, euphemistic, Latin America) anus === Further reading === “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “asterisco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010