risco
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁis.ku/
risco is spelled R-I-S-C-O (5 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Risco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “line (threadlike mark of writing instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of riscar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “delineamento; modelo; plano; planta; sulco; traçado; traço”.
What does risco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineline (threadlike mark of writing instrument)
- 2
masculinescratch (shallow cut on a surface)
- 3
masculinea draft of a blueprint
noun
- 1
masculinerisk (likelihood of a negative outcome)
- 2
masculinea risky situation
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of riscar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. delineamento; modelo; plano; planta; sulco; traçado; traço 2. possibilidade dum acontecimento futuro incerto; perigo
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 risco
- riscos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce risco?
- Brazil /ˈʁis.ku/
- Brazil [ˈhis.ku]
- /ˈʁiʃ.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 risco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is risco in Portuguese?
risco appears 91 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).