puro

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See also: Puro and puró

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puro, shortened from cigarro puro.

Pronunciation

Noun

puro (plural puros)

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

Anagrams

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

Noun

puro

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

Declension

Inflection of puro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative puro purot
genitive puron purojen
partitive puroa puroja
illative puroon puroihin
singular plural
nominative puro purot
accusative nom. puro purot
gen. puron
genitive puron purojen
partitive puroa puroja
inessive purossa puroissa
elative purosta puroista
illative puroon puroihin
adessive purolla puroilla
ablative purolta puroilta
allative purolle puroille
essive purona puroina
translative puroksi puroiksi
abessive purotta puroitta
instructive puroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of puro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative puroni puroni
accusative nom. puroni puroni
gen. puroni
genitive puroni purojeni
partitive puroani purojani
inessive purossani puroissani
elative purostani puroistani
illative purooni puroihini
adessive purollani puroillani
ablative puroltani puroiltani
allative purolleni puroilleni
essive puronani puroinani
translative purokseni puroikseni
abessive purottani puroittani
instructive
comitative puroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purosi purosi
accusative nom. purosi purosi
gen. purosi
genitive purosi purojesi
partitive puroasi purojasi
inessive purossasi puroissasi
elative purostasi puroistasi
illative puroosi puroihisi
adessive purollasi puroillasi
ablative puroltasi puroiltasi
allative purollesi puroillesi
essive puronasi puroinasi
translative puroksesi puroiksesi
abessive purottasi puroittasi
instructive
comitative puroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative puromme puromme
accusative nom. puromme puromme
gen. puromme
genitive puromme purojemme
partitive puroamme purojamme
inessive purossamme puroissamme
elative purostamme puroistamme
illative puroomme puroihimme
adessive purollamme puroillamme
ablative puroltamme puroiltamme
allative purollemme puroillemme
essive puronamme puroinamme
translative puroksemme puroiksemme
abessive purottamme puroittamme
instructive
comitative puroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative puronne puronne
accusative nom. puronne puronne
gen. puronne
genitive puronne purojenne
partitive puroanne purojanne
inessive purossanne puroissanne
elative purostanne puroistanne
illative puroonne puroihinne
adessive purollanne puroillanne
ablative puroltanne puroiltanne
allative purollenne puroillenne
essive puronanne puroinanne
translative puroksenne puroiksenne
abessive purottanne puroittanne
instructive
comitative puroinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

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

Noun

puro m (plural puros)

  1. cigar
    Synonym: cigarro

Further reading

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puro

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. pure
    Antonym: impuro

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

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))

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

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Particle

puro

  1. (Poznań, dated) almost, nearly

Further reading

  • Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “puro”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 208

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
  4. (Brazil, slang) sober (not under the influence of any recreational drug)
    Antonym: chapado

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus. In the noun sense short for cigarro puro, a product to be smoked that is made – unlike the cigarette – of “tabaco puro, sin papel” (pure tobacco, without paper). Note that in Spanish the unqualified term cigarro can also refer to a cigarette.

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

See also

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

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

puro (definite accusative puroyu, plural purolar)

  1. cigar

Declension

Inflection
Nominative puro
Definite accusative puroyu
Singular Plural
Nominative puro purolar
Definite accusative puroyu puroları
Dative puroya purolara
Locative puroda purolarda
Ablative purodan purolardan
Genitive puronun puroların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular purom purolarım
2nd singular puron puroların
3rd singular purosu puroları
1st plural puromuz purolarımız
2nd plural puronuz purolarınız
3rd plural puroları puroları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular puromu purolarımı
2nd singular puronu purolarını
3rd singular purosunu purolarını
1st plural puromuzu purolarımızı
2nd plural puronuzu purolarınızı
3rd plural purolarını purolarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular puroma purolarıma
2nd singular purona purolarına
3rd singular purosuna purolarına
1st plural puromuza purolarımıza
2nd plural puronuza purolarınıza
3rd plural purolarına purolarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular puromda purolarımda
2nd singular puronda purolarında
3rd singular purosunda purolarında
1st plural puromuzda purolarımızda
2nd plural puronuzda purolarınızda
3rd plural purolarında purolarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular puromdan purolarımdan
2nd singular purondan purolarından
3rd singular purosundan purolarından
1st plural puromuzdan purolarımızdan
2nd plural puronuzdan purolarınızdan
3rd plural purolarından purolarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular puromun purolarımın
2nd singular puronun purolarının
3rd singular purosunun purolarının
1st plural puromuzun purolarımızın
2nd plural puronuzun purolarınızın
3rd plural purolarının purolarının

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

Mutated forms of puro
radical soft nasal aspirate
puro buro mhuro phuro

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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