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English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
Noun
aspro (plural aspros)
- (Australia, informal) associate professor
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin asperum, singular accusative of asper (“rough”).
Adjective
aspro (feminine aspra, masculine plural aspros, feminine plural aspras)
- rough
References
- “áspero”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “aspro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin asperum (“rough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese áspero (“rough”), French âpre, Romanian aspru.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aspro (feminine aspra, masculine plural aspri, feminine plural aspre, superlative asprissimo, diminutive asprétto or asprìno)
- sharp, tart (taste)
- sour, pungent, bitter
- rugged (terrain)
- harsh, severe
- strict
- difficult
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- aspro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- aspro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- parso, prosa, raspo, raspò, sapro-, saprò, sopra, sopra-, sparo, sparò, spora
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron).
Pronunciation
Noun
aspro m (plural aspros)
- a particular Turkish currency; the asper
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