libro

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word libro. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word libro, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say libro in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word libro you have here. The definition of the word libro will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflibro, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: libró, librò, libro-, and łìbro

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/
  • IPA(key): /liˈbɾo/
  • Hyphenation: li‧bro

Noun

líbro or libró (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜍᜓ)

  1. book
    Sain mo binakal an libro?
    Where did you buy the book?

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libró

  1. book

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧bro
  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/

Noun

libro (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. book
  2. (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

  1. book (written work)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libro

  1. book

Esperanto

libroj
books
Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

From French livre, Italian and Spanish libro, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibro
  • Hyphenation: li‧bro

Noun

libro (accusative singular libron, plural libroj, accusative plural librojn)

  1. 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".

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Meronyms

Holonyms

Derived terms

Galician

Libros

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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.
  2. bible, omasum
    Synonyms: entrefollo, santafollo
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

Verb

libro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of librar

Ibatan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro (book).

Noun

libro

  1. book

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto libroFrench livreItalian libroSpanish libro, from Latin liber.

Pronunciation

Noun

libro (plural libri)

  1. book

Derived terms

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/
  • Hyphenation: li‧bro

Noun

libro (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜓ)

  1. book
    Ayanna ti libro?
    Where is the book?

Interlingua

Noun

libro (plural libros)

  1. book

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libro

  1. 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)

  1. book
  2. (botany) phloem; foliage
  3. 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) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

lībrō (present infinitive lībrāre, perfect active lībrāvī, supine lībrātum); first conjugation

  1. to poise, balance
  2. to swing, brandish, hurl, cast, fling
    Synonyms: iactō, coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, iaciō, trāiciō, iaculor, impingō, ēmittō, abiciō, permittō, mittō
  3. (figuratively) to consider, weigh, ponder
    Synonyms: reflectō, ponderō, putō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, pendō, versō
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

librō

  1. 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

  1. book

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin liber.

Pronunciation

Noun

libro (plural libri)

  1. (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

  1. book

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libro

  1. book

Mirandese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin liber.

Noun

libro m (plural libros)

  1. book

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libró

  1. book

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libro

  1. book

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • liuro (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin librum.

Pronunciation

Noun

libro m (plural libros)

  1. 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

  • Ladino: livro
  • Spanish: libro

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro (book).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlibɾo/,
  • Hyphenation: lib‧ro

Noun

libro

  1. book

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro (book).

Noun

libro

  1. book

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libro

  1. 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)

  1. book
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Chavacano: libro
  • Bikol Central: libro
  • Cebuano: libro
  • Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: libro
  • Ibatan: libro
  • Quechua: liwru
  • Tagalog: libro
  • Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: libro

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

libro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of librar

References

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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)

  1. book
    Synonym: aklat
  2. (accounting) journal; daybook
  3. (colloquial) logbook; record book
    Synonyms: aklat-talaan, libro de-rehistro
  4. (anatomy) omasum

Derived terms

Further reading

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libro

  1. book

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈbɾo/,
  • Hyphenation: li‧bro

Noun

libró

  1. book

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro.

Noun

libró

  1. book

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish libro, from Latin liber.

Noun

libro

  1. 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.