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centro

See also: Centro, centró, centrò, centro-, and -centro

Catalan edit

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centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sentro]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -entro
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Noun edit

centro (accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)

  1. center (US), centre (UK)

Franco-Provençal edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French centre.

Noun edit

centro m (plural centros) (ORB)

  1. centre

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References edit

  • centre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • centro in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Noun edit

centro m (plural centros)

  1. centre
  2. downtown

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centro (plural centri)

  1. center (US), centre (UK)

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”). The nonstandard pronunciation with -é- might be due to influence of entrare.

Noun edit

centro m (plural centri)

  1. centre, center
  2. middle, midpoint
  3. core, heart
  4. city centre, city center, downtown
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Sardinian: tzentru

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

References edit

  1. ^ centro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin edit

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centrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of centrum

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Lithuanian edit

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ceñtro

  1. genitive singular of ceñtras (“centre”)

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Noun edit

centro m (plural centros)

  1. centre (middle of anything)
    Synonym: meio
  2. center (point on a line midway between the ends)
  3. downtown
  4. (Brazil) A Umbanda house of worship or temple
    Synonym: terreiro
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Spanish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -entɾo
  • Syllabification: cen‧tro

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin centrum,[1] from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Noun edit

centro m (plural centros)

  1. center
  2. (geometry) center
  3. (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
  4. middle
  5. core, heart
  6. (urban studies) city center, downtown
  7. (soccer) cross (a pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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