asterisco

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

• IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.ko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: a‧ste‧rì‧sco

asterisco m (plural asterischi)

1. asterisk

• asterisco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

• citassero, corteassi, crossiate, esorcista, rosicaste, satiresco, scortesia, scosterai

• asterístico (hypercorrect)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌas.te.ˈɾis.ku]

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)

• “asterisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), used in manuscripts to mark passages.

• IPA^(key): /asteˈɾisko/ [as.t̪eˈɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: as‧te‧ris‧co

asterisco m (plural asteriscos)

1. asterisk
2. (slang, euphemistic, Latin America) anus

• “asterisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “asterisco”, 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