damasco
Portuguese, noun/daˈmas.ku/
damasco is spelled D-A-M-A-S-C-O (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Damasco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “apricot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto proveniente do damasqueiro Prunus armeniaca, comumente comercializado de forma liofilizada”.
What does damasco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapricot
- 2
masculinedamask
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capital da Síria e antiga capital de vários estados, como o Califado Omíada e Arã-Damasco
noun: 1. fruto proveniente do damasqueiro Prunus armeniaca, comumente comercializado de forma liofilizada 2. tecido de seda com o desenho em relevo produzido na cidade de Damasco
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of damasco
- damascos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce damasco?
- Brazil /daˈmas.ku/
- /daˈmaʃ.ku/
- Portugal /dɐˈmaʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to damasco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is damasco in Portuguese?
damasco appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).