albero

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See also: alberò

English

Etymology

From Spanish albero.

Noun

albero (uncountable)

  1. Densely packed crushed rock covering the ground where a bullfight will take place.

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbeɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: al‧be‧ro

Noun

albero m (plural albers)

  1. esophagus, trachea

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.be.ro/
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  • Rhymes: -albero
  • Hyphenation: àl‧be‧ro

Etymology 1

From older alboro m (via dissimilation), from albore m (via masculinization of the ending), from Latin arborem f.

Noun

albero m (plural alberi, diminutive alberèllo or alberétto or alberìno, augmentative alberóne, pejorative alberàccio, derogatory alberùccio)

  1. tree (all senses)
  2. (nautical) mast
  3. shaft, spindle
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Etymology 2

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *albarus, a derivative of Latin albus (“white”).

Alternative forms

Noun

albero m (plural alberi)

  1. poplar tree
    Synonym: pioppo

Etymology 3

Verb

albero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alberare

References

  1. ^ Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈarbor-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
  2. ^ albero1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Spanish

FWOTD – 2 November 2013
Albero.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin albārius (“pertaining to the whitening of walls”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbeɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: al‧be‧ro

Adjective

albero (feminine albera, masculine plural alberos, feminine plural alberas)

  1. Obsolete form of albar (“white”).

Noun

albero m (plural alberos)

  1. type of crushed rock applied over gardens and bullring arenas
    • 2010, Antonio Ramos Espejo, Andaluzas, protagonistas a su pesar, Centro de Estudios Andaluces, page 258:
      Manolete, además, hace un esfuerzo supremo cada vez que pisa el albero de la plaza de Córdoba.
      Furthermore, Manolete undertakes a supreme effort each time he steps on the crushed rock of Cordoba’s bullring.
  2. (bullfighting) arena
    • 2014, Francisco Soler Guevara, José Antonio Alías García, En el Umbral del Misterio:
      Sólo el torero de verdad cuenta con arte o tiene arte para torear. sabe ponerle sitio en el albero.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. dishrag

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