flaco

== Asturian == === Adjective === flaco neuter of flacu == Chavacano == === Etymology === From Spanish flaco. === Adjective === flaco thin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish flaco (“skinny”). Doublet of fraco. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === flaco (feminine flaca, masculine plural flacos, feminine plural flacas) (Rio Grande do Sul, especially of an animal) feeble; frail === Further reading === “flaco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin flaccus, perhaps an early borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflako/ [ˈfla.ko] Rhymes: -ako Syllabification: fla‧co === Adjective === flaco (feminine flaca, masculine plural flacos, feminine plural flacas, superlative flaquísimo) skinny, thin, slim Synonyms: delgado, fleje Antonym: gordo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: flaku === Noun === flaco m (plural flacos, feminine flaca, feminine plural flacas) a thin man (colloquial, Rioplatense, Colombia) used to address someone without using their name (colloquial, Rioplatense) a young man (colloquial, Peru) boyfriend === Noun === flaco m (plural flacos) (informal, euphemistic) urine, urination, number one ==== Derived terms ==== === Related terms === === Further reading === “flaco”, 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 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “flaco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 906 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “flaccus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 593