polaco

Asturian

Adjective

polaco

1. neuter of polacu

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈla.kʊ/

Adjective

polaco (feminine polaca, masculine plural polacos, feminine plural polacas)

1. Polish (of or from Poland)

   Synonym: polonés

Noun

polaco m (plural polacos, feminine polaca, feminine plural polacas)

1. Pole (person from Poland)

   Synonym: polonés

Noun

polaco m (uncountable)

1. Polish (language)

Further reading

• “polaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From Polish Polak.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈla.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈla.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈla.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈla.ku/

• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: po‧la‧co

Adjective

polaco (feminine polaca, masculine plural polacos, feminine plural polacas)

1. (chiefly Portugal) Polish (of or relating to Poland)

   Synonym: (Brazil) polonês

Noun

polaco m (plural polacos, feminine polaca, feminine plural polacas)

1. (chiefly Portugal) Pole (person from Poland)

   Synonym: (Brazil) polonês

2. (South Brazil, Southeast Brazil) a descendant of Polish immigrants
3. (South Brazil, Southeast Brazil, humorous, sometimes offensive) a person who is very white; pasty; whitey

   Synonyms: (derogatory) pálido, (Northeast Brazil) galego, (Brazil) alemão

Noun

polaco m (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Portugal) Polish (West Slavic language spoken in Poland)

   Synonym: (Brazil) polonês

Further reading

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

Spanish

English Wikipedia has an article on:

polaco (slur)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Polak.

For the etymology of the Catalan sense, see the Wikipedia article Polaco (slur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlako/ [poˈla.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: po‧la‧co

Adjective

polaco (feminine polaca, masculine plural polacos, feminine plural polacas)

1. Polish (from or native to Poland)
2. Polish (pertaining to Poland)

   Synonyms: polonés, polono

Noun

polaco m (plural polacos, feminine polaca, feminine plural polacas)

1. Pole (native or inhabitant of Poland) (usually male)
2. (Spain, offensive) Catalan (person from Catalonia)

   Synonym: catalán

   • 2019, Pau Pèrrim, chapter 3, in Terra Cremada (overall work in Catalan), →ISBN:

     Polaco, si puedes leer esto, estás demasiado cerca

     Polaco, if you can read this, you're too close

Noun

polaco m (uncountable)

1. Polish (language)
   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎:

     La gran ventaja de aprender ruso es que, una vez lo dominas, puedes entender otras lenguas eslavas como el checo, el polaco o el búlgaro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Murui Huitoto: polako

Further reading

• “polaco”, 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