scoglio

From Vulgar Latin *scoclus, *scoplus, from Classical Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos, “lookout place: hence peak, headland, promontory”). The Italian may have been borrowed from or influenced by a northern Italian language form such as Ligurian (cf. scogiu, schêuggio). Compare French écueil and Spanish escollo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔʎ.ʎo/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔʎʎo
• Hyphenation: scò‧glio

scoglio m (plural scogli)

1. cliff, rock (in the sea); a reef
2. (figurative) difficulty, stumbling block
3. (computing) bug (in a program)

• allo scoglio
• scogliera

• → Portuguese: escolho
• → Spanish: escollo

• glicoso, sciolgo