opaco
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”).
=== Adjective ===
opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opacos, feminine plural opacas)
opaque (allowing little light to pass through)
==== Derived terms ====
opacamente
==== Related terms ====
opacidade
=== Further reading ===
“opaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
(Possibly borrowed) from Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”), itself of unknown origin.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /oˈpa.ko/
Rhymes: -ako
Hyphenation: o‧pà‧co
=== Adjective ===
opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opachi, feminine plural opache)
opaque (allowing little light to pass through)
matt
dull
==== Derived terms ====
opacamente
==== Related terms ====
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈpaː.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈpaː.ko]
=== Etymology 1 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Adjective ====
opācō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of opācus
=== Etymology 2 ===
From opācus + -ō
==== Verb ====
opācō (present infinitive opācāre, perfect active opācāvī, supine opācātum); first conjugation
to shade, cover with shade
(by extension) to cover
(by extension) to darken
===== Conjugation =====
=== References ===
“opaco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“opaco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“opaco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aku
=== Adjective ===
opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opacos, feminine plural opacas)
opaque (allowing little light to pass through)
==== Derived terms ====
opacamente
==== Related terms ====
opacidade
=== Further reading ===
“opaco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“opaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /oˈpako/ [oˈpa.ko]
Rhymes: -ako
Syllabification: o‧pa‧co
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin opācus (“shaded, shady, dark”).
==== Adjective ====
opaco (feminine opaca, masculine plural opacos, feminine plural opacas)
opaque (allowing little light to pass through)
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
opaco
first-person singular present indicative of opacar
=== Further reading ===
“opaco”, 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