resquicio

See also: resquício

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rescrieço,[1] Vulgar Latin *excrepitiare, from crepitiare, crepō.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /resˈkiθjo/ [resˈki.θjo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /resˈkisjo/ [resˈki.sjo]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -iθjo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -isjo
  • Syllabification: res‧qui‧cio

Noun

resquicio m (plural resquicios)

  1. the opening between the door and doorjamb
  2. cleft, crack, slit, crevice (thin long opening)
  3. hint; glimmer; dash; modicum (small amount)
  4. (colloquial) opportunity, chance
  5. (Venezuela) rest, remainder
  6. (Venezuela) trace

References
  1. “resquicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. etimologias.dechile.net‎, (Can we date this quote?)

Further reading
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