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Esperanto
Etymology
From profunda + -o.
Pronunciation
Noun
profundo (accusative singular profundon, plural profundoj, accusative plural profundojn)
- depth
Galician
Adjective
profundo (feminine profunda, masculine plural profundos, feminine plural profundas)
- deep
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From pro- (“forth”) + fundō (“pour”).
Verb
profundō (present infinitive profundere, perfect active profūdī, supine profūsum); third conjugation
- to pour forth, to lavish
- to prostrate
- to squander
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Adjective
profundō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of profundus
Descendants
References
- “profundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “profundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- profundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
- to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
- to sacrifice oneself for one's country: vitam profundere pro patria
- to squander one's money, one's patrimony: effundere, profundere pecuniam, patrimonium
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese profundo, profũdo, from Latin profundus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ũdu
- Hyphenation: pro‧fun‧do
Adjective
profundo (feminine profunda, masculine plural profundos, feminine plural profundas)
- deep
- profound
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin profundus. Cf. hondo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈfundo/
- Rhymes: -undo
- Syllabification: pro‧fun‧do
Adjective
profundo (feminine profunda, masculine plural profundos, feminine plural profundas, superlative profundísimo)
- profound
- deep
- Synonym: hondo
Derived terms
Verb
profundo
- first-person singular present indicative of profundar
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