pero

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/,
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

From Russian перо́ (peró).

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pero (definite accusative peronu, plural perolar)

1. quill, pen (made from a feather)

   peronu mürəkkəbə batırmaq ― to dip the pen into the ink

• “pero” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

péro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍᜓ)

1. but (used as a connector)

   Synonyms: alagad, ugaring

Inherited from Spanish pero (“but”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/,
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but; however

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

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• péro, píro

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero n (diminutive pérko or pírko)

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pero”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pero”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but, rather

• peru

From Old Galician-Portuguese pero, from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but (on the contrary; but rather)

   Synonym: mais

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• pro, pró

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pero, peró, from Latin per hoc (“by this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mais

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pero”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

pero (plural peri)

1. peer (title)

Borrowed from Russian перо (pero).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. quill
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78:

     Assiapaperit kirjutettaa perol, a ei krandoșșiil.

     Documents are writ with a quill, and not a pencil.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Yhteiset meil ollaa riissat - perot, krantossit ja kirjat, veel i tetretit i kartat, stoolit, lavvat, sumat, partat, klaassan seinät, klaassan maa.

     We have shared objects - quills, pencils and books, also notebooks and maps, chairs, benches, bags, desks, walls of the classroom and the floor of the classroom.

From perä (“buttock”) +‎ -o.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/,
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (comparative peromp)

1. (of horses) stubborn

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “перо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 399

From Latin pirus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: pé‧ro

pero m (plural peri)

1. pear tree

• pera

Cognate to Spanish perro.

pero m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פירו, plural peros)

1. dog

Unknown, perhaps related to pēra (“bag, satchel; wallet”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/,

pērō m (genitive pērōnis); third declension

1. A kind of boot made of raw hide, worn chiefly by soldiers or wagoners; a clodhopper

Third-declension noun.

• Italian: perone

• caliga

• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pero”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “pero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “pero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “pero”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From English pharaoh.

pero

1. pharaoh

pero

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Mi gusta e kas aki, pero e ta muchu karu.

   I like this house, but it's too expensive.

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• peró
• perol

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (obsolete)

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Synonyms: mas, porém, contudo

   • 1540, João de Barros, Grammatica da Lingua Portuguesa, page 13:

     Nome próprio, ę aquelle que se nam póde atribuir a mais que a hũa só cousa:como este nome, Lisboa, por ser próprio desta çidade, e nam conuem a Roma: nẽ ô de Cęsar, a Cipiam, peró se dissęrmos çidade, que ę gęral nome a todas, em tam será comũ.

     Proper name, is that whitch cannot be attributed to more than one thing:like this name, Lisbon, for it is proper of this city, and doesn't suit Rome: neither Caesar's, to Scipio, but if we say city, which is general name to all of them, then it shall be common.

2. even if (indicates that the preceding clause is true regardless of the following clause)

   Synonyms: ainda que, mesmo que

From Latin pirum. ^[1]

• Rhymes: -eɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero m (plural peros)

1. a variety of apple, the fruit of the pereiro

   Synonym: maçã

2. a small variety of pear
3. (informal) a punch

   Synonyms: murro, soco

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but

• Generally used in favor of complex native grammar used to achieve the same ends.

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pěro/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pèro n (Cyrillic spelling пѐро)

1. feather, plume
2. pen, quill (for writing)

   čov(j)ek od pera ― a man of letters

3. (figuratively) author, writer
4. plectrum

   Synonyms: plèktrōn, tȑzalica

5. flange of a mace head

• perad
• pȇrje
• pèrnat
• pérnica
• nalivpero

• “pero”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key):

pero n (genitive singular pera, nominative plural perá, genitive plural pier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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From Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pɛróː/

perọ̑ n

1. feather

• perutnina
• perutničke

• “pero”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Compare Italian però, Old Franco-Provençal enperoi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

   Mi casa es pequeña, pero cómoda.

   My house is small, but comfortable.

2. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)

• > Chavacano: pero (inherited)
• → Rapa Nui: pero
• → Tagalog: pero
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pero, poro

• sino

pero m (plural peros)

1. but (restriction)

• “pero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• peor

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

1. but

   Synonyms: kaso, ngunit, subalit, bagamat, datapwat

• poro

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): ,

pero

1. but

• Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 76, 176

From Spanish perro (“dog”).

pero

1. dog

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643