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English
A dobro style guitar with metal resonator.
Etymology
From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera , name of the inventors + brothers , also punning on Slovak dobro ( “ good ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dobro (plural dobros )
( music ) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator .
Synonym: resonator guitar
2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times :The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dobro , from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ .
Pronunciation
Noun
dobro n (relational adjective dobrý )
good
Antonym: zlo
Declension
Declension of dobro (hard neuter reducible )
Further reading
“dobro ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“dobro ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“dobro ”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny , 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
“dobro ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Galician
Verb
dobro
first-person singular present indicative of dobrar
Ladino
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian dobar , добар , from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ ( “ good ” ) .
Adjective
dobro (feminine dobra , masculine plural dobros , feminine plural dobras )
( Balkan ) good
Synonym: bueno
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish dobro . By surface analysis , dobry + -o .
Pronunciation
Noun
dobro n
( uncountable ) good , goodness ( state or characteristic of being good )
Antonym: zło
( countable , literary , chiefly in the plural ) good ( that which is produced, traded, bought, or sold )
( in the plural ) estate ( landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government )
Declension
Derived terms
Adverb
dobro (comparative lepiej , superlative najlepiej )
( Middle Polish ) synonym of dobrze
Further reading
dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro , from Latin dūplus . Compare the borrowed doublet duplo .
Pronunciation
Noun
dobro m (plural dobros )
double
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
dobro
first-person singular present indicative of dobrar
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dǒbro/
Hyphenation: dob‧ro
Noun
dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро )
Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.
Etymology 2
From dȍbar .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dǒbro/
Hyphenation: dob‧ro
Noun
dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро )
good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
good , goods (an item of merchandise)
property , estate
well-being , welfare , sake
Declension
Adverb
dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро )
well (in a good manner)
Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti. Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
properly , rightly (in a proper manner)
Particle
dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро )
well
Uh... pa dobro onda. ― Uh... well then.
all right , so be it , OK , fine
Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro , neću! ― You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!
Etymology 3
From English dobro , in turn from Slovak dobro .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /dǒbro/
Hyphenation: dob‧ro
Noun
dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро )
dobro ( acoustic guitar )
References
“dobro ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“dobro ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“dobro ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“dobro ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovak
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the adjective dobrý .
Noun
dobro n
good
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
dobro n
dobro
Declension
Further reading
Slovene
Pronunciation
Adverb
dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše , superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše )
well , good
Antonym: slabọ̑
Derived terms
Further reading
“dobro ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdobɾo/
Rhymes: -obɾo
Syllabification: do‧bro
Noun
dobro m (plural dobros )
dobro
Further reading