foco
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔko/ [ˈfɔ.kʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#FOCO
- Rhymes: -ɔkoCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ɔko#FOCOCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ɔko/2 syllables#FOCO
- Hyphenation: fo‧co
Etymology 1
UnknownCategory:Galician terms with unknown etymologies#FOCO. Perhaps from oco (“hollow”), but then the /f/ would be totally inexplicable; alternatively, perhaps from a substrateCategory:Galician terms derived from substrate languages#FOCO language.
Adjective
foco (feminine foca, masculine plural focos, feminine plural focas)Category:Galician lemmas#FOCOCategory:Galician adjectives#FOCOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Latin#FOCOCategory:Galician learned borrowings from Latin#FOCOCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#FOCO focus. Doublet of fogoCategory:Galician doublets#FOCO.
Noun
foco m (plural focos)Category:Galician lemmas#FOCOCategory:Galician nouns#FOCOCategory:Galician countable nouns#FOCOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
- 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/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#FOCOCategory:Italian 2-syllable words#FOCOCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#FOCO
- Rhymes: -ɔko, (Tuscany) -ɔhoCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɔko#FOCOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɔko/2 syllables#FOCOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɔho#FOCOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɔho/2 syllables#FOCO
- Hyphenation: fò‧co
Noun
foco m (plural fochi)Category:Italian lemmas#FOCOCategory:Italian nouns#FOCOCategory:Italian countable nouns#FOCOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Italian masculine nouns#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
- (archaicCategory:Italian archaic terms#FOCO except in TuscanyCategory:Tuscan Italian#FOCO and central ItalyCategory:Central Italian#FOCO) alternative form of fuoco
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
focōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#FOCOCategory:Latin noun forms#FOCOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔkuCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔku#FOCOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔku/2 syllables#FOCO
- Hyphenation: fo‧co
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#FOCOCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#FOCOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#FOCO focus. Doublet of fogoCategory:Portuguese doublets#FOCO.
Noun
foco m (plural focos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#FOCOCategory:Portuguese nouns#FOCOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#FOCOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
- (opticsCategory:pt:Optics#FOCO) focus (point at which rays of light converge)
- Synonym: ponto de convergência
- (geometryCategory:pt:Geometry#FOCO) focus (point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge)
- (photographyCategory:pt:Photography#FOCO) focus (convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- (epidemiologyCategory:pt:Epidemiology#FOCO) the source of transmission of a disease
- focus (concentration of attention)
- Synonyms: concentração, atenção
- objective; intent
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:objetivo
- headquarters
- (regionalCategory:Regional Portuguese#FOCO) lamp
- Synonym: lâmpada
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
focoCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#FOCOCategory:Portuguese verb forms#FOCOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
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
Noun
foco fCategory:Romanian non-lemma forms#FOCOCategory:Romanian noun forms#FOCOCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
Noun
focoCategory:San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo lemmas#FOCOCategory:San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo nouns#FOCOCategory:San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#FOCOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#FOCO focus. Compare the inherited doublet fuegoCategory:Spanish doublets#FOCO.
Category:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FOCOCategory:Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (shine)#FOCOPronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoko/ [ˈfo.ko]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#FOCOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#FOCO
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#FOCOAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -okoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oko#FOCOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oko/2 syllables#FOCO
- Syllabification: fo‧co
Noun
foco m (plural focos)Category:Spanish lemmas#FOCOCategory:Spanish nouns#FOCOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#FOCOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
- spotlight
- Synonym: reflector
- (MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#FOCO, GuatemalaCategory:Guatemalan Spanish#FOCO, HondurasCategory:Honduran Spanish#FOCO, El SalvadorCategory:Salvadoran Spanish#FOCO, NicaraguaCategory:Nicaraguan Spanish#FOCO, PanamaCategory:Panamanian Spanish#FOCO, CubaCategory:Cuban Spanish#FOCO, South AmericaCategory:South American Spanish#FOCO) light bulb
- 1975 September 1, Chespirito, “El foco [The light bulb]” (8:04 from the start), in Enrique Segoviano, director, El Chavo, season 1975, episode 95, spoken by Quico (Carlos Villagrán), Mexico City: Grupo Televisa, via Canal 2:
- Pero el foco de mi lámpara no va a servir para ponerlo ahí. […] Ay, pues porque el foco de mi lámpara se atornilla hacia abajo y el foco de ahí se atornilla hacia arriba.Category:Spanish terms with quotations#FOCO
- But the ligh bulb of my [bedside] lamp won't work there [on the ceiling]. […] Well, because the ligh bulb of my lamp is screwed downwards and the ligh bulb there is screwed upwards.
- (HondurasCategory:Honduran Spanish#FOCO, NicaraguaCategory:Nicaraguan Spanish#FOCO, Costa RicaCategory:Costa Rican Spanish#FOCO, PanamaCategory:Panamanian Spanish#FOCO, CubaCategory:Cuban Spanish#FOCO, Puerto RicoCategory:Puerto Rican Spanish#FOCO, ColombiaCategory:Colombian Spanish#FOCO, Southern ConeCategory:Southern Cone Spanish#FOCO) headlight
- Synonym: faro
- (HondurasCategory:Honduran Spanish#FOCO, El SalvadorCategory:Salvadoran Spanish#FOCO, NicaraguaCategory:Nicaraguan Spanish#FOCO, Costa RicaCategory:Costa Rican Spanish#FOCO, Dominican RepublicCategory:Dominican Spanish#FOCO) flashlight; torch
- (HondurasCategory:Honduran Spanish#FOCO, NicaraguaCategory:Nicaraguan Spanish#FOCO, CubaCategory:Cuban Spanish#FOCO, figurative) eyes
- (EcuadorCategory:Ecuadorian Spanish#FOCO, youth slangCategory:Spanish slang#FOCO) shame
- (BoliviaCategory:Bolivian Spanish#FOCO) Man with hair a little longer than a buzz cut.
Adjective
foco (feminine foca, masculine plural focos, feminine plural focas)Category:Spanish lemmas#FOCOCategory:Spanish adjectives#FOCOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
foco m or f (masculine and feminine plural focos)Category:Spanish lemmas#FOCOCategory:Spanish adjectives#FOCOCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#FOCOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FOCOCategory:Pages with entries#FOCOCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FOCO
- (BoliviaCategory:Bolivian Spanish#FOCO, of a person) having hair a little longer than a buzz cut
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
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
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