See also: barbaro

Galician

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Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese barbaro, from Latin barbarus (foreign, savage), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, strange), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of bravo, possibly.

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    bárbaro m (plural bárbaros)

    1. barbarian
      • 1859, J. Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:
        ¿Galicia? ... ¿Ónd'stá? ¿Ónde vai a nosa fermosa e podente Galicia? ¿Ónde pára? ¿ónde? aquela casta d'héroes fartos qu'o mesmo tremaron as follas das súas coitelas diante das naceós veciñas, acoradas, escorrentadas, por os bárbaros e a mouramia
        Galicia? Where are you? What have become of our beauty a strong Galicia? Where it is now? Where that lineage of lavish heroes who waved their blades before the neighbouring nations, frightened, driven away by the barbarians and the Moors?

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    bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)

    1. barbarian, uncivilised, uncultured
    2. (informal) great, fantastic

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      From Old Galician-Portuguese barbaro, from Latin barbarus (foreign, savage), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, foreign, strange), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of brabo and berbere.

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      • Hyphenation: bár‧ba‧ro

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      bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)

      1. barbarian; uncivilised
        Synonyms: selvagem, incivilizado
      2. wicked; evil; cruel
        Synonyms: mau, malvado, cruel, maldoso
      3. (Brazil, slang) awesome; wicked; brilliant; excellent

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      bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)

      1. (historical) barbarian (member of peoples considered uncivilised by the Romans and Greeks)
      2. barbarian (uncivilised person)
      3. barbarian (a cruel and violent person)
        Synonym: bruto

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      Spanish

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

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      • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾbaɾo/ [ˈbaɾ.β̞a.ɾo]
      • Rhymes: -aɾbaɾo
      • Syllabification: bár‧ba‧ro

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      bárbaro (feminine bárbara, masculine plural bárbaros, feminine plural bárbaras)

      1. barbaric
      2. (colloquial) enormous
      3. (colloquial) stupendous
      4. (colloquial) cool

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      bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)

      1. barbarian

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