# fresco
## English
### Etymology

From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɹɛskəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: (General American) -ɛskoʊ, (Received Pronunciation) -ɛskəʊ
* Hyphenation: fre‧sco

### Noun

fresco (countable and uncountable, plural frescos or frescoes or (rare, Italianate) freschi)
* (countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
** a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “Hans Carvel”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, page 124:[…] I [Satan] cannot ſtay Flaring in ſun-ſhine all the day: For, entre nous, we helliſh ſprites, Love more the freſco of the nights; […]
* (countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
* (uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.

#### Derived terms

* frescoer
* frescoist
* frescolike

#### Translations
### Verb

fresco (third-person singular simple present frescoes, present participle frescoing, simple past and past participle frescoed)
* (transitive, intransitive) To paint using fresco.

#### Translations
### See also

* al fresco
* giornata
* fresco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Cofers, corfes, forces

## Asturian
### Adjective

fresco
* neuter of frescu

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of vers and fris.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fres‧co

### Noun

fresco n (plural fresco's, diminutive frescootje n)
* fresco

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fresco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *friscum.
Fresco, as a painting technique, was taken from Italian fresco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾesko/ [ˈfɾes̺.kʊ]
* Rhymes: -esko
* Hyphenation: fres‧co

### Noun

fresco m (plural frescos, feminine fresca, feminine plural frescas)
* (uncountable) cool moderate or refreshing state of cold
* (uncountable, feminine) cool in the morning or in the evening (during the summer)
* (painting) fresco

#### Related terms

* ao fresco

### Adjective

fresco (feminine fresca, masculine plural frescos, feminine plural frescas)
* fresh, recent, young, rested
** 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 657:Et cada dia, depoys que esto fezo, parouse sua cara et seu corpo mays frescoAnd every day, after doing this, his face and his body were younger
** 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 350:
    E non enperqua o "septe rogo", que se borrou estando fresquo, que paresçe que foy raydoand [whoever reads this text] don't mistrust the "septe rogo", because it faded when fresh, although it looks as it was deleted
* untransformed, not artificiality preserved (meat, fish)
** 1291, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 79:La quartillos de salgada et xx quartillos de fresca [...] et disso que da fresca marmara iiii quartillos ao salgar50 quarters of salted [fish] and 20 quarters of fresh [fish] [...] and he said that the fresh one diminished 4 quarter after salting
* cool (temperature)
* impertinent

#### Derived terms

* Fresco
* frescoallo (“fresh meat characteristic smell”)
* frescor (“freshness”)
* frescura (“freshness”)
* fresqueira
* fresquío (“fresh meat characteristic smell”)
* refrescar (“to cool; to refresh”)

#### Further reading

* “fresco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “fresco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

### References

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

## Interlingua
### Noun

fresco (plural frescos)
* fresco (painting)

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfre.sko/
* Audio::(file)
* Rhymes: -esko
* Hyphenation: fré‧sco

### Adjective

fresco (feminine fresca, masculine plural freschi, feminine plural fresche, superlative freschissimo)
* fresh
* cool
* wet, fresh (of paint)
    Antonym: asciutto

#### Descendants

* → Dalmatian: fresc (probably)

### Noun

fresco m (plural freschi)
* coolness, freshness, cool
* light wool material
* (informal) cooler (prison)
    stare al fresco ― to be in the cooler

#### Antonyms

* caldo

#### Derived terms

* affrescare
* al fresco
* freschezza
* frescura
* rinfrescare

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: frescu
* → Bulgarian: фреско (fresko)
* → Danish: fresko
* → Dutch: fresco
* → English: fresco
* → Esperanto: fresko
* → French: fresque
** → German: Freske
** → Norwegian Bokmål: freske (or via German)
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: freske (or via German)
** → Polish: fresk
** → Romanian: frescă
** → Turkish: fresk
* → Galician: fresco
* → German: Fresko
** → Hungarian: freskó
* → Japanese: フレスコ (furesuko)
* → Korean: 프레스코 (peureseuko)
* → Malay: fresko
* → Norwegian Bokmål: fresko
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: fresko
* → Portuguese: fresco, afresco
* → Spanish: fresco

### Anagrams

* scrofe

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾes.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾes.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾes.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -esku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃku
* Hyphenation: fres‧co

#### Adjective

fresco (feminine fresca, masculine plural frescos, feminine plural frescas)
* fresh (new or clean)
    ar fresco ― fresh air
* (of plant material) fresh (not dried)
    ervas frescas ― fresh herbs
* cool (having a slightly low temperature)
    água fresca ― cool water
* (informal) fussy (tending to complain about petty details)
    Esse seu amigo é muito fresco! ― That friend of yours is too fussy!
* (informal, derogatory) effeminate; fruity

##### Derived terms

* frescor
* frescura
* frescurento
* fresquidão
* refrescar
* refresco

#### Noun

fresco m (plural frescos, feminine fresca, feminine plural frescas)
* (slang) fusser
* (slang, derogatory) effeminate

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian fresco.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾes.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾes.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾes.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -esku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃku
* Hyphenation: fres‧co

#### Noun

fresco m (plural frescos)
* (painting, chiefly Portugal) fresco
    Synonym: afresco

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɛs.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɛs.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɾɛʃ.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɛs.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɾɛʃ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛsku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃku
* Hyphenation: fres‧co

#### Verb

fresco
* first-person singular present indicative of frescar

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fresco.

### Further reading

* “fresco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “fresco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “fresco”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “fresco”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “fresco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “fresco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “fresco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾesko/ [ˈfɾes.ko]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -esko
* Syllabification: fres‧co

### Adjective

fresco (feminine fresca, masculine plural frescos, feminine plural frescas)
* fresh
* cool (temperature)
    Synonym: frío
* cheeky
    Synonym: insolente

#### Derived terms

* agua fresca
* aire fresco
* al fresco
* boquifresco
* estar más fresco que una lechuga
* estar más fresco que una rosa
* frescachón
* frescor
* frescura
* fresquito
* leche fresca
* quedarse tan fresco
* queso fresco
* refrescar
* traer al fresco

#### Descendants

* → Belizean Creole: fresko
* → Bikol Central: presko

### Noun

fresco m (plural frescos)
* (weather) strong breeze
* fresco (painting)
* (Bolivia, Central America, Ecuador) soda, soft drink
    Synonyms: gaseosa, refresco, chesco, bebida

#### Further reading

* “fresco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10