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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tartaro, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tatar”).
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras)
- Tatar (a language of Russia)
- Tatar (member of the Tatar ethnic group)
Adjective
tártaro (feminine tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras, not comparable)
- of Tartary (the Eurasian Steppe)
- of Tatarstan
- of the Tatar language
- Synonyms: tartáreo, tartárico
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin tartarum (“tartar”).
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros)
- (wine) tartar (compound deposited during wine-making)
- Synonyms: borra, sarro
- (dentistry) tartar (yellow deposit on the teeth)
- Synonym: odontólito
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Noun
tártaro m (uncountable)
- (Greek mythology) Tartarus
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros)
- (poetic) hell
- Synonym: infierno
Etymology 2
From Persian daradi, meaning residue, excrement, because it is what remains in the wine vessel's bottom, and influenced by the Greek Tartarus, the hell's bottom.
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros)
- tartaric acid
- Synonym: tartrato ácido de potasio
- (dentistry) tartar
- Synonym: sarro
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French tartare, from Middle French Tartar, from Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, from Old Turkic (Tatar). Influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), which is from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Adjective
tártaro (feminine tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras)
- Tatar
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras)
- Tatar (person)
Derived terms
Noun
tártaro m (uncountable)
- Tatar (language)
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