isco
Portuguese, noun/ˈis.ku/
isco is spelled I-S-C-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Isco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bait (substance used in catching fish or other animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of iscar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lêvedo”.
What does isco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebait (substance used in catching fish or other animals)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of iscar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. designa origem e tem sentido diminutivo
noun: 1. lêvedo 2. cevo para pescar, engodo, isca
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 isco
- iscos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce isco?
- Brazil /ˈis.ku/
- /ˈiʃ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈiʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is isco in Portuguese?
isco appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).