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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin ācrus, from Latin ācer; see there for further etymology.
Adjective
agre (feminine agra, masculine and feminine plural agres)
- bitter
- Synonym: amarg
- sour
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin ager (“field”).
Noun
agre m (plural agres)
- the pleasure one takes in an occupation
- breeding ground
Derived terms
Further reading
Danish
Noun
agre c
- indefinite plural of ager
Galician
Etymology
From Latin ācrem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
agre m or f (plural agres)
- sour
- Synonym: acedo
1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:As nosas mulleres
Subamos de prezo
Que, ê muito travallo
È dor mui doente
Botar á este mundo
Hum miniño inteiro.
Com’elas s’estrican,
Cómo se escrequenan
Como dan gemidos
Choros è lamentos,
Como à côr do rostro
Toda van perdendo
È agre bocado
Qu’a calquer pon medo.- Our women's
price we should rise
because it is hard work
and aching pain
to throw to this world
a whole baby.
How they stretch,
how they crouch,
How they wail,
cry and lament,
How the face colour
they lose entirely.
It's a sour mouthful
that makes anyone scared.
- brisk
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “agre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
agre
- feminine plural of agro
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French a gré (“favorably”); from a (“on”) and gré (“goodwill”); equivalent to a- + gre).
Pronunciation
Adverb
agre
- nicely
References
Etymology 2
Verb
agre
- Alternative form of agreen
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
agre m (feminine singular agra, masculine plural agres, feminine plural agras)
- sour
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ācrem. Doublet of acre.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɡɾi, (Portugal) -aɡɾɨ
- Hyphenation: a‧gre
Adjective
agre m or f (plural agres)
- tart; sour (acid in taste)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
agre m or f (masculine and feminine plural agres)
- (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of agrio
Further reading
Venetan
Adjective
agre
- feminine plural of agro