# buraco
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* burato, bureco

### Etymology

Uncertain. From Old Galician-Portuguese buraco (13th century), perhaps from a local derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”) + the suffix -aco, from a pre-Lattin suffix -akko-.
Compare Portuguese buraco, Asturian buracu, furacu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈɾako̝/

### Noun

buraco m (plural buracos)
* hole
    Synonyms: buxeiro, furado
* pit

#### Derived terms

* buraco negro
* esfuracar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “buraco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “buraco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “buraco”, 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), “buraco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “buraco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “horadar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buˈɾa.ku/
* Audio (Portugal, Oporto):(file)
* Rhymes: -aku
* Hyphenation: bu‧ra‧co

### Etymology 1

Uncertain.
Possibly from Old Galician-Portuguese furaco, through Vulgar Latin *foraculum from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”). Compare Galician buraco, furaco, furado, Asturian furacu, buracu, Ladino burako, Leonese buraco, and Spanish buraco; cf. also Catalan forat, Spanish horado.
Or, possibly borrowed from Old High German boron (“to bore, drill”).

#### Noun

buraco m (plural buracos)
* pit; hole (hollow spot in a surface)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buraco
* burrow (a tunnel or hole dug by a creature)
    Synonyms: toca, túnel
* (figurative, depreciative) a very filthy, crude or precarious house
    Synonyms: esconderijo, toca, ninho de ratos
* (billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table)
    Synonym: caçapa
* hole (an opening in a solid)
    Synonyms: abertura, fenda, orifício
* (figurative) gap (a vacant time)
    Synonyms: janela, lacuna
* (figurative) an emotional gap caused by someone’s death or absence
    Synonym: vazio
* (slang) a difficult situation financially
* (card games) canasta, especially its Brazilian variant
    Synonyms: biriba, canastra

##### Derived terms

* buraco-branco
* buraco-cinza
* buraco-negro
* sair do buraco
* tapa-buracos
* tapar buracos

##### Related terms

* buracar
* esburacado
* esburacamento
* esburacar
* esburaquento

##### See also

* furacar
* furado

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

buraco
* first-person singular present indicative of buracar

### References

* ↑ “buraco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913