beco

See also: BECO, béco, and becó

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɛ.ko]

Verb

beco

1. first-person singular present indicative of becar (“to subsidize (a student), to give a stipend to”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbe.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbe.ko]

Verb

beco

1. first-person singular present indicative of becar (“to snooze, to nap”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Latin via + -eco, cf. Italian vico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ku/

• Hyphenation: be‧co

Noun

beco m (plural becos)

1. alley

   Synonyms: ruela, travessa, viela

Derived terms

• beco sem saída
• bequinho

Further reading

• “beco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “beco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeko/ [ˈbe.ko]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: be‧co

Verb

beco

1. first-person singular present indicative of becar

Venetan

Noun

beco m (plural bechi)

1. beak, bill (of a bird)