See also: Rostro

Esperanto edit

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rostro (accusative singular rostro, plural rostro, accusative plural rostro)

  1. trunk, proboscis (as of an elephant)
  2. (general) snout
  3. beak (of an insect)
  4. (antiquity) beak of a ship

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese rostro, from Latin rōstrum.

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Noun edit

rostro m (plural rostros)

  1. face
    Synonyms: cara, face, faciana
  2. plough's shoe
    Synonyms: destal, rastro

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Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English rostrum, French rostre, Italian rostro, Russian ро́стр (róstr), Spanish rostro, all ultimately from Latin rōstrum.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈros.tro/, /ˈɾɔs.tɾɔ/

Noun edit

rostro (plural rostri)

  1. (general) any beaklike extension
  2. (national, historical) bill
  3. beak (of an insect)
  4. trunk, proboscis (as of an elephant)
  5. (botany) prolonged rigid process
  6. (antiquity) beak of a ship; rostrum in a forum

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin rostrum.

Noun edit

rostro m (plural rostri)

  1. rostrum
  2. (nautical) ram, beak
  3. bill, beak (of a bird)
  4. nib

Latin edit

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rōstrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of rōstrum

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

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rostro m

  1. Alternative form of rosto
    • 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:
      Pero Ares d'Aldãa, tenente lugar ẽna dita billa e torres dela por noso señor o arçebispo de Santiago dom Lopo, e Pero Falcon, juis, Juan Garçia Rouquo, Lourenço Yanes de Pastoris, alcaldes, Alvaro Lopes, Garçia Goterres, Afonso Basques, Fernan Basques, jurados, Pero de Plazer, procurador do dito Conçello, diseron que por rason que algũus mercadores e suas mercadorias e navios se temian e reçeavan de vĩir a esta dita billa e seu porto con as ditas suas mercadorias e navios, entendendo de seer prendados e penorados por las mercadorias que Gonçalvo Correa tomara eno dito porto e levara ẽna barcha chamada per nome "Rostro Fremoso"
      Pedro Ares de Aldán, lieutenant in this town [Pontevedra] and it's towers on behalf of our lord the archbishop of Santiado Don Lopo; Xoán Garcia Rouco, Lourenzo Yanes de Pastoriza, mayors; Álvaro López, Garcia Gotérrez, Afonso Vázquez, Fernán Vázquez, councilors; Pedro de Placer, town agent; they said that since certain merchants and their goods and ships feared and distrusted coming to this town and harbor with their mentioned goods and ships, believing that they would be seized and confiscated because of the trade goods that Gonzalo Correa took at this harbor and carried away in the ship named "Beauty Face";

References edit

  • rostro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • rostro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish rostro, inherited from Latin rōstrum.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrostɾo/ [ˈros.t̪ɾo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ostɾo
  • Syllabification: ros‧tro

Noun edit

rostro m (plural rostros)

  1. (anatomy) face (the front part of the head)
    Synonyms: cara, haz

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