acerba

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Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -erba
  • Hyphenation: a‧cer‧ba

Adjective

acerba (accusative singular acerban, plural acerbaj, accusative plural acerbajn)

  1. sour or bitter
  2. (figuratively) sharp, biting

Descendants

  • → Ido: acerba

Galician

Adjective

acerba

  1. feminine singular of acerbo

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto acerba, from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

acerba

  1. sour; bitter

Italian

Adjective

acerba

  1. feminine singular of acerbo

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

acerbā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of acerbō

Adjective

acerba

  1. inflection of acerbus:
    1. feminine singular nominative/vocative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative

Adjective

acerbā

  1. feminine singular ablative of acerbus

References

Portuguese

Verb

acerba

  1. inflection of acerbar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɾba/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseɾba/
  • Rhymes: -eɾba
  • Syllabification: a‧cer‧ba

Adjective

acerba

  1. feminine singular of acerbo
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