# corisco
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese corisco ("lightning", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin coruscus (“flashing”), perhaps influenced by a descendant of Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm”).

#### Alternative forms

* escorisco, curisco

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈɾiskʊ]

#### Noun

corisco m (plural coriscos)
* storm; downpour
* blizzard; cold wind
    Synonyms: escarabana, xistra
* (archaic) lightning
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:Et alí cresçerõ toruões et coriscos et rrelánpagos tã grandes et tã brauos et tã desmesurados que semellaua que todo o mũdo quiría peresçer.And there grew such large thunders and lightning and flashes so wild and so boundless, that it seemed that the whole world wanted to perish

##### Derived terms

* Corisca
* Coriscada
* Curiscada
* Escoriscada

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “scurisc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corisco”, 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), “corisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

corisco
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of coriscar

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈɾis.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈɾis.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /koˈɾiʃ.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koˈɾis.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾiʃ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
* Hyphenation: co‧ris‧co

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

corisco m (plural coriscos)
* (meteorology) thunder-less, luminous atmospheric meteor
* electrical spark
* (Ceará) unexpected guest
* (Portugal) a troublesome person, troublemaker in Azorean Portuguese. "Aquele gajo é um curisco" That guy is a troublemaker
* (Portugal) an inhabitant of the São Miguel Island in the Azores
    Synonym: micaelense

#### Adjective

corisco (feminine corisca, masculine plural coriscos, feminine plural coriscas)
* native of São Miguel Island

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

corisco
* first-person singular present indicative of coriscar

### Further reading

* “corisco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
* “corisco”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
* “corisco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “corisco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “corisco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
* “corisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

### Anagrams

* córsico