foco

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔko/ [ˈfɔ.kʊ] Rhymes: -ɔko Hyphenation: fo‧co === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Perhaps from oco (“hollow”), but then the /f/ would be totally inexplicable; alternatively, perhaps from a substrate language. ==== Adjective ==== foco (feminine foca, masculine plural focos, feminine plural focas) hollow Synonyms: foncho, oco deep Synonym: fondo ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo. ==== Noun ==== foco m (plural focos) lantern Synonym: farol flashlight, torch Synonym: lanterna === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “foco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “foco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “foco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.ko/, (Tuscany) /ˈfɔ.ho/ Rhymes: -ɔko, (Tuscany) -ɔho Hyphenation: fò‧co === Noun === foco m (plural fochi) (archaic except in Tuscany and central Italy) alternative form of fuoco == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔ.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.ko] === Noun === focō dative/ablative singular of focus == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔku Hyphenation: fo‧co === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo. ==== Noun ==== foco m (plural focos) (optics) focus (point at which rays of light converge) Synonym: ponto de convergência (geometry) focus (point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge) (photography) focus (convergence of light on the photographic medium) (epidemiology) the source of transmission of a disease focus (concentration of attention) Synonyms: concentração, atenção objective; intent Synonyms: see Thesaurus:objetivo headquarters Synonyms: centro, sede (regional) lamp Synonym: lâmpada ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== foco first-person singular present indicative of focar === References === “foco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “foco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “foco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoko] === Noun === foco f vocative singular of focă == San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo == === Noun === foco obsolete spelling of joco == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin focus. Compare the inherited doublet fuego. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoko/ [ˈfo.ko] Rhymes: -oko Syllabification: fo‧co === Noun === foco m (plural focos) spotlight Synonym: reflector focus (place or spot where something is focused) Synonym: enfoque (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, South America) light bulb Synonyms: bombilla, bombillo, ampolleta (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Southern Cone) headlight Synonym: faro (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic) flashlight; torch Synonyms: linterna, lámpara (Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, figurative) eyes (Ecuador, youth slang) shame (Bolivia) Man with hair a little longer than a buzz cut. === Adjective === foco (feminine foca, masculine plural focos, feminine plural focas) (Ecuador, youth slang) very flamboyant foco m or f (masculine and feminine plural focos) (Bolivia, of a person) having hair a little longer than a buzz cut ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: joco, jokò, foco (obsolete) === Further reading === “foco”, 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 “foco”, 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 foco | Diccionario • DELE Ahora DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea