frasco

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾasko/ [ˈfɾas̺.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Hyphenation: fras‧co

frasco m (plural frascos)

1. bottle (for medicine, perfume)
2. jar

• “frasco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “frasco”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

From Late Latin flascō (with a different outcome from the most common inherited outcome in ch-), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle, flask”). Doublet of fiasco.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku
• Hyphenation: fras‧co

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frasco m (plural frascos)

1. bottle (for medicine, perfume)
2. jar

• enfrascar

• → Japanese: フラスコ (furasuko)

• “frasco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “frasco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Latin flascō, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ; see also Old High German flasca, Old Norse flaska, English flask. Doublet of fiasco. Cognate with English flask.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾasko/ [ˈfɾas.ko]
• Rhymes: -asko
• Syllabification: fras‧co

frasco m (plural frascos)

1. bottle (for medicine, perfume)
2. jar

• “frasco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025