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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Pronunciation
Noun
líbro or libró (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜍᜓ )
book
Sain mo binakal an libro ? Where did you buy the book ?
Buhi'non Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libró
book
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: li‧bro
IPA (key ) : /ˈlibɾo/
Noun
libro (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ )
book
( accounting ) journal ; ledger
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish libro , from Old Spanish libro , from Latin liber ( “ book ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlibɾo/ ,
Hyphenation: li‧bro
Noun
libro
book ( written work )
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libro
book
Esperanto
libroj books
Etymology
From French livre , Italian and Spanish libro , from Latin liber .
Pronunciation
Noun
libro (accusative singular libron , plural libroj , accusative plural librojn )
a book
2000 , Antoine de Saint Exupéry, La Eta Princo , translated by Pierre Delaire from the French
Iam, kiam mi estis sesjara, mi vidis belegan bildon en iu libro pri la praarbaro, titolita "Travivitaj rakontoj". Once, when I was six years old, I saw a magnificent picture in a book about the primeval forest, titled "True Stories".
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Galician
Libros
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese livro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria ), from Latin liber, librum ( “ book ” ) . Compare Portuguese livro .
Pronunciation
Noun
libro m (plural libros )
book
2010 , Moisés Barcia, transl., Unha lectora fóra do común , page back cover:Nunca mostrara moito interese pola lectura, pero tomou en préstamo un libro, e a este seguíronlle moitos outros, tantos que pouco a pouco a afección se converteu en devoción, o que perturbou as relacións coa súa familia, os ministros, a servidume e os amigos. had never shown much interest for reading, but then borrowed a book, and many more afterwards, so many that little by little her affection became devotion, which disturbed her relations with her family, the ministers, servitude and her friends.
bible , omasum
Synonyms: entrefollo , santafollo
Derived terms
References
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “libro ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “libro ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
“libro ”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy , 2012 –2024
Etymology 2
Verb
libro
first-person singular present indicative of librar
Ibatan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro ( “ book ” ) .
Noun
libro
book
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto libro , French livre , Italian libro , Spanish libro , from Latin liber .
Pronunciation
Noun
libro (plural libri )
book
Derived terms
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlibɾo/
Hyphenation: li‧bro
Noun
libro (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜓ )
book
Ayanna ti libro ? Where is the book ?
Interlingua
Noun
libro (plural libros )
book
Iriga Bicolano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libro
book
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin librum ( “ book ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
libro m (plural libri , diminutive librétto or librìno or libriccìno ( more common ) or librettìno , augmentative libróne , pejorative libràccio , derogatory libriciàttolo or ( literary ) libràttolo , diminutive -derogatory librùccio or librettùccio or libricciòlo )
book
( botany ) phloem ; foliage
omasum
Derived terms
Further reading
libro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
libro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From lībra ( “ a balance ” ) + -ō .
Pronunciation
Verb
lībrō (present infinitive lībrāre , perfect active lībrāvī , supine lībrātum ) ; first conjugation
to poise , balance
to swing , brandish , hurl , cast , fling
Synonyms: iactō , coniciō , iniciō , adiciō , obiciō , iaciō , trāiciō , iaculor , impingō , ēmittō , abiciō , permittō , mittō
( figuratively ) to consider , weigh , ponder
Synonyms: reflectō , ponderō , putō , cōnsīderō , reputō , cōnsulō , replicō , dubitō , cōnsultō , circumspiciō , pendō , versō
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
librō
dative / ablative masculine singular of liber
References
“libro ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“libro ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
libro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 ) Latin Phrase-Book , London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo ) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius (ambiguous) the book treats of friendship: hic liber est de amicitia (not agit ) or hoc libro agitur de am. (ambiguous) the book contains something... (not continet aliquid ): libro continetur aliquid (ambiguous) the book contains something... (not continet aliquid ): libro scriptor complexus est aliquid (ambiguous) at the end of the book: in extremo libro (Q. Fr. 2. 7. 1)
Libon Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libró
book
Lombard
Etymology
From Latin liber .
Pronunciation
Noun
libro (plural libri )
( Old Lombard ) book
1274 , Bonvesin de la Riva , Libro de Tre Scrigiure :In questo nostro libro da tre guis è scrigiura: In this book we deal with three types of writing:
Masbate Sorsogon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libró
book
Masbatenyo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libro
book
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin liber .
Noun
libro m (plural libros )
book
Miraya Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libró
book
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libro
book
Old Spanish
liuro ( alternative spelling )
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin librum .
Pronunciation
Noun
libro m (plural libros )
book
c. 1200 , Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar , f. 20v :dixo el nŕo ſenor a moẏſen qui peccare en mi deſfer loe de mio libro . Agora ue e di ami pueblo cuemo fable [ …] Our Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe out of my book . Now go and say to my people how I have spoken. ”
Descendants
Pangasinan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro ( “ book ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlibɾo/ ,
Hyphenation: lib‧ro
Noun
libro
book
Sambali
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro ( “ book ” ) .
Noun
libro
book
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libro
book
Spanish
Libros
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈlibɾo/
Rhymes: -ibɾo
Syllabification: li‧bro
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish libro (cf. Ladino livro ), an early borrowing from Latin librum ( “ book ” ) . Cognate with French livre , Portuguese livro .
Noun
libro m (plural libros )
book
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
libro
first-person singular present indicative of librar
References
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro with a shift of stress, from Latin librum ( “ book ” ) . Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language.
Pronunciation
Noun
libró (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ )
book
Synonym: aklat
( accounting ) journal ; daybook
( colloquial ) logbook ; record book
Synonyms: aklat-talaan , libro de-rehistro
( anatomy ) omasum
Derived terms
Further reading
Waray Sorsogon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libro
book
Waray-Waray
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /liˈbɾo/ ,
Hyphenation: li‧bro
Noun
libró
book
West Albay Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro .
Noun
libró
book
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish libro , from Latin liber .
Noun
libro
book
1984 , Raúl Brockway B., Herminio Cosme, Juan Hernández, Frases en mejicano y español: En el idioma náhuatl de San Miguel de Tenango, Puebla y en español , México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano :Ixtlapocan namolibro itich in amatl majtlactli. Open your books to page ten.