acerba

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈt͡serba]

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• Rhymes: -erba
• Hyphenation: a‧cer‧ba

Adjective

acerba (accusative singular acerban, plural acerbaj, accusative plural acerbajn)

1. sour or bitter
2. (figuratively) sharp, biting

Descendants

• → Ido: acerba

Galician

Adjective

acerba

1. feminine singular of acerbo

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto acerba, from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡serba/

Adjective

acerba

1. sour; bitter

Italian

Adjective

acerba

1. feminine singular of acerbo

Anagrams

• bacare, bacerà, cabarè

Latin

Verb

acerbā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of acerbō

Adjective

acerba

1. inflection of acerbus:
   1. feminine singular nominative/vocative
   2. neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative

Adjective

acerbā

1. feminine singular ablative of acerbus

References

• acerba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

acerba

1. inflection of acerbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɾba/ [aˈθeɾ.β̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseɾba/ [aˈseɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɾba
• Syllabification: a‧cer‧ba

Adjective

acerba

1. feminine singular of acerbo