barbaro
Italian
Etymology
From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbar.ba.ro/
- Rhymes: -arbaro
- Hyphenation: bàr‧ba‧ro
Adjective
barbaro (feminine barbara, masculine plural barbari, feminine plural barbare)
Derived terms
Noun
barbaro m (plural barbari, feminine barbara)
Further reading
- barbaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
barbarō
- dative/ablative singular of barbarus
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin barbarus, borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈβaɾβaɾo/
- Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧ro
Adjective
barbaro m (plural barbaros, feminine barbara, feminine plural barbaras)
Noun
barbaro m (plural barbaros, feminine barbara, feminine plural barbaras)
Descendants
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “b@rb@r@”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “barbar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian barbaro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈbaɾo/ [baɾˈβ̞a.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -aɾo
- Syllabification: bar‧ba‧ro
Adjective
barbaro (feminine barbara, masculine plural barbaros, feminine plural barbaras)
- (Rioplatense, slang) sick, extreme (can be both positive and negative)