mordisco

Portuguese

Verb

mordisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mordiscar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈdisko/ [moɾˈð̞is.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: mor‧dis‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mordiscar.

Noun

mordisco m (plural mordiscos)

1. bite
   • 2018 March 28, Silvia R. Pontevedra, “El niño lobo pasa frío en el mundo de los hombres”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid, →ISSN:

     Tras su captura, mientras trataba de resistirse entre mordiscos, el mundo de Marcos Rodríguez se desmoronó y ya nunca pudo recuperarlo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• morder
• mordiscar
• mordisquear

 

Etymology 2

Verb

mordisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mordiscar

Further reading

• “mordisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28