barbaro

See also: Barbaro and bárbaro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba.ro/
• Rhymes: -arbaro
• Hyphenation: bàr‧ba‧ro

Adjective

barbaro (feminine barbara, masculine plural barbari, feminine plural barbare)

1. barbaric, barbarous
2. barbarian
3. appalling

Derived terms

• barbaramente

Noun

barbaro m (plural barbari, feminine barbara)

1. barbarian

Further reading

• barbaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• abbarro, abbarrò, abborra

Latin

Noun

barbarō

1. dative/ablative singular of barbarus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• barbari, barberi, berberi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin barbarus, borrowed from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβaɾβaɾo/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ba‧ro

Adjective

barbaro m (plural barbaros, feminine barbara, feminine plural barbaras)

1. barbarian

Noun

barbaro m (plural barbaros, feminine barbara, feminine plural barbaras)

1. barbarian

Descendants

• Fala: bárbaru
• Galician: bárbaro
• Portuguese: bárbaro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “b@rb@r@”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “barbar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barbaro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbaɾo/ [baɾˈβ̞a.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: bar‧ba‧ro

Adjective

barbaro (feminine barbara, masculine plural barbaros, feminine plural barbaras)

1. (Rioplatense, slang) sick, extreme (can be both positive and negative)