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From Spanish saco (“a sack, a half-carga”), from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, sackcloth”), from Semitic. Doublet of sac, saccus, sack, and sakkos.
saco (plural sacos)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.
From Old Galician-Portuguese saco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.
saco m (plural sacos)
- bag; sack
1402, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Historica, I, 5, page 344:
It. lyno que se em huun saquo por tascar
- Item, flax that is in a sack, for being scutched
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- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “saco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saco”, 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), “saco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- Rhymes: -aku
- Hyphenation: sa‧co
From Old Galician-Portuguese saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.
saco m (plural sacos)
- bag; sack
- Synonym: bolsa
Coloque os pães no saco.
- Put the breads in the bag.
- (Brazil, vulgar) balls, nuts (the scrotum)
- Synonyms: testículos, bolas, ovos, (Portugal) tomates
Chutaram meu saco.
- My balls were kicked.
- (Brazil, mildly vulgar) patience, tolerance
- Synonym: paciência
Não tenho saco para isso.
- I don't have patience for that.
- (Brazil, mildly vulgar) something very tedious or annoying
- Synonyms: aborrecimento, chatice
Esta aula está um saco.
- This class is boring.
- (literally, “This class is a bore.”)
- Kadiwéu: jaaco
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- “saco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Inherited from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.
saco m (plural sacos)
- bag, sack (a loose container)
- gunny sack
- Synonym: costal
- (Latin America) suit jacket (jacket portion of a formal suit)
- (historical) English or American sack (a traditional unit of dry measure)
- (historical) saco, Spanish sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L)
- Synonyms: media carga, costal
- (Spanish unit): cuartillo (1⁄96 saco), medio (1⁄48 saco), celemín (1⁄24 saco), cuartilla (1⁄8 saco), cuarto (1⁄4 saco), fanega (1⁄2 saco), carga (2 sacos), cahíz (6 sacos)
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- “saco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014