escolho

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oʎu Hyphenation: es‧co‧lho === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian scoglio, from Vulgar Latin *scoculum (possibly through a Ligurian intermediate), from Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos). ==== Noun ==== escolho m (plural escolhos, metaphonic) (geography) skerry; reef (rock lying near or just above the surface of water) Synonyms: recife, abrolho, baixio (geography) a rocky island of difficult access (figurative) obstacle; impediment; hurdle (something that prevents progress) Synonym: obstáculo === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== escolho first-person singular present indicative of escolher === References === === Further reading === “escolho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escolho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026