foco

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔko/ [ˈfɔ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔko
• Hyphenation: fo‧co

Unknown. Perhaps from oco (“hollow”), but then the /f/ would be totally inexplicable; alternatively, perhaps from a substrate language.

foco (feminine foca, masculine plural focos, feminine plural focas)

1. hollow

   Synonyms: foncho, oco

2. deep

   Synonym: fondo

Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo.

foco m (plural focos)

1. lantern

   Synonym: farol

2. flashlight, torch

   Synonym: lanterna

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ko/, (Tuscany) /ˈfɔ.ho/
• Rhymes: -ɔko, (Tuscany) -ɔho
• Hyphenation: fò‧co

foco m (plural fochi)

1. (archaic except in Tuscany and central Italy) Alternative form of fuoco

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.koː/, [ˈfɔkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ko/, [ˈfɔːko]

focō

1. dative/ablative singular of focus

• Rhymes: -ɔku
• Hyphenation: fo‧co

Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo.

foco m (plural focos)

1. (optics) focus (point at which rays of light converge)

   Synonym: ponto de convergência

2. (geometry) focus (point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge)
3. (photography) focus (convergence of light on the photographic medium)
4. (epidemiology) the source of transmission of a disease
5. focus (concentration of attention)

   Synonyms: concentração, atenção

6. objective; intent

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:objetivo

7. headquarters

   Synonyms: centro, sede

8. (regional) lamp

   Synonym: lâmpada

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

foco

1. first-person singular present indicative of focar

• “foco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “foco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoko]

foco f

1. vocative singular of focă

foco

1. Obsolete spelling of joco.

Borrowed from Latin focus. Compare the inherited doublet fuego.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoko/ [ˈfo.ko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: fo‧co

foco m (plural focos)

1. focus (place or spot where something is focused)

   Synonym: enfoque

2. spotlight

   Synonym: reflector

3. (Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Uruguay) headlight (especially on the front of a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: faro

4. light bulb

   Synonyms: bombilla, bombillo, ampolleta

5. (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic) flashlight, torch (battery-powered hand-held light source)

   Synonyms: linterna, lámpara

• → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: joco, jokò, foco (obsolete)

• “foco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28