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centro

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

Catalan

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centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. center (US), centre (UK)

Franco-Provençal

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Borrowed from French centre.

Noun

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centro m (plural centros) (ORB, broad)

  1. centre

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References

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

Galician

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθen̪.t̪ɾʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsen̪.t̪ɾʊ]

  • Rhymes: -entɾo
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Noun

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centro m (plural centros)

  1. centre
  2. downtown

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centro (plural centri)

  1. center (US), centre (UK)

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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centro m (plural centri)

  1. centre, center
  2. middle, midpoint
  3. core, heart
  4. city centre/city center, downtown
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  • → Sardinian: tzentru

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

References

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

Latin

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centrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of centrum

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Lithuanian

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ceñtro

  1. genitive singular of ceñtras (“centre”)

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

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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) An Umbanda house of worship or temple
    Synonym: terreiro
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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centro m (plural centros)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

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