saco

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)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.

• costal, half-carga, Spanish sack

• cuartillo (¹⁄₉₆ saco), medio (¹⁄₄₈ saco), celemin (¹⁄₂₄ saco), cuartilla (¹⁄₈ saco), cuarto (¹⁄₄ saco), fanega (¹⁄₂ saco), carga (2 sacos), cahiz (6 sacos)

From Old Galician-Portuguese saco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsako̝/

saco m (plural sacos)

1. 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

saco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacar

• “saco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “saco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “saco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “saco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “saco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• 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)

1. bag; sack

   Synonym: bolsa

   Coloque os pães no saco.

   Put the breads in the bag.

2. (Brazil, vulgar) balls, nuts (the scrotum)

   Synonyms: testículos, bolas, ovos, (Portugal) tomates

   Chutaram meu saco.

   My balls were kicked.

3. (Brazil, mildly vulgar) patience, tolerance

   Synonym: paciência

   Não tenho saco para isso.

   I don't have patience for that.

4. (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.”)

• puxa-saco
• saco-cama
• sacola

• Kadiwéu: jaaco

saco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacar

• “saco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsako/ [ˈsa.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: sa‧co

Inherited from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

saco m (plural sacos)

1. bag, sack (a loose container)

   Synonyms: bolso, bolsa

2. (Latin America) jacket

   Synonym: chaqueta

3. (historical) English or American sack (a traditional unit of dry measure)
4. (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)

• → Seri: saaco (“blouse”)
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: saaku

saco

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacar

• “saco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014