puro

English

Etymology

From Spanish puro, shortened from cigarro puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ

Noun

puro (plural puros)

1. A cigar, especially one made with tobacco from a single country.

Anagrams

• pour, roup

Asturian

Adjective

puro

1. neuter of puru

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/,
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Adjective

púro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. pure

   Synonym: liso

Adverb

púro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. completely

   Synonym: entero

2. all

   Synonym: liso

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾo/,
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Noun

puró (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. edge; rim; end

   Synonyms: gilid, gati

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾoʔ/,
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Noun

purô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. (formal) island

   Synonym: isla

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Probably purista +‎ -o in reference to the sound made by running water in a creek. Related to Karelian puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuro/,
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧ro

Noun

puro

1. stream, streamlet, brook, creek (body of running water smaller than a river)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “puro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Urpo, poru, urpo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese puro, from Latin pūrus.

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras)

1. pure, unadulterated

   Antonym: impuro

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

puro m (plural puros)

1. cigar

   Synonym: cigarro

Further reading

• “puro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Indonesian pulau, Malay pulau, Sundanese pulo, Tagalog pulo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /puˈɾoʔ/,

Noun

puro

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: pù‧ro

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puri, feminine plural pure, superlative purissimo)

1. pure

   Antonym: impuro

Related terms

Noun

puro m (plural puri, feminine pura)

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Further reading

• puro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• puro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• puro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pùro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• puro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• puro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

puro

1. Rōmaji transcription of プロ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ro/,

Etymology 1

From pūrus (“pure”).

Verb

pūrō (present infinitive pūrāre, perfect active pūrāvī, supine pūrātum); first conjugation

1. (rare) to purify

Conjugation

Descendants

• Old Northern French: purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”)
  • →? Dutch: pouren
  • →? Middle English: pouren
    • English: pour

References

• “puro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese puro, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras, comparable, comparative mais puro, superlative o mais puro or puríssimo, diminutive purinho)

1. pure (free of pollutants)

   Antonyms: impuro, contaminado

2. pure; flawless (free of flaws or imperfections)

   Antonyms: impuro, imperfeito

3. pure; clean (free of immoral behaviour)

   Antonyms: impuro, sujo

Derived terms

• puramente

Related terms

• impuro
• pureza

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras)

1. pure, clear

   Antonyms: impuro, mezclado, sucio

2. alone, sheer, mere, just, nothing less than

Inflection

• Superlative: purísimo
• Augmentative: purote
• Diminutive: purito

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• casto

Adverb

puro

1. only, merely

   Synonyms: nada más, solamente, sólo

   Antonyms: además, no solamente

Noun

puro m (plural puros)

1. cigar, puro
2. (Spain, colloquial) a fine (especially a big one)

   Synonym: cigarro

Descendants

• → English: puro
• → Greek: πούρο (poúro)
• → Turkish: puro

Further reading

• “puro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/,

Adjective

puro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. pure; undiluted

   Synonyms: dalisay, wagas, walang-halo

2. (by extension) strong (of alcohol, coffee)

   Synonym: matapang

3. pure-blood; of unmixed stock; purebred; thoroughbred

   Synonym: lantay

4. full of; covered with
5. with or having the last card or number (of a pair) being awaited to be drawn in order to win

   Synonym: namumuro

6. causing instant death (of a shot, stab, etc.)

Derived terms

Noun

puro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. condition of being pure or unadulterated

   Synonyms: kapangalan, kapauran

2. last card or number (of a pair) being awaited to be drawn in order to win

Adverb

puro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. always; repeatedly; too much

   Synonyms: pulos, wagas, panay, taganas

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

puro (plural purojte)

1. Donkey.

Derived terms

References

• 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 17, 176

Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

puro (definite accusative puroyu, plural purolar)

1. cigar

Declension

Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/,

Adjective

púro

1. pure; free from admixture

   Synonym: puraw

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /puˈɾoʔ/,

Noun

purô

1. island

   Synonym: isla

Welsh

Etymology

pur +‎ -o

Verb

puro (first-person singular present puraf)

1. (transitive) to purify, refine

   Synonyms: pureiddio, coethi, teru

2. (transitive) to cleanse, purge

   Synonyms: glanhau, gloywi

Conjugation

Derived terms

• purfa f (“refinery”)
• purwr m (“refiner”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “puro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies