See also: Dobro

English edit

 
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A dobro style guitar with metal resonator.

Etymology edit

From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro (good).

Noun edit

dobro (plural dobros)

  1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
    Synonym: resonator guitar
    • 2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times[1]:
      The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdobro]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun edit

dobro n (related adjective dobrý)

  1. good
    Antonym: zlo

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Further reading edit

  • dobro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dobro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dobro in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician edit

Verb edit

dobro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Ladino edit

Etymology edit

From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (good).

Adjective edit

dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)

  1. (Balkan) good
    Synonym: bueno

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry +‎ -o.

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dobro n

  1. (singular only) good, goodness
    Antonym: zło
  2. (usually in plural) a good (something of economic value)
  3. (plural only) estate, landed property

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noun

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dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)

  1. (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze

Further reading edit

  • dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Noun edit

dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. double
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Coeficiente Substantivo Resultado
1 único
singular
2 dobro dupla
par
duo
3 triplo trio
trinca
terceto
tríade
4 quádruplo quarteto
5 quíntuplo quinteto
6 sêxtuplo sexteto
7 sétuplo
séptuplo
septeto
8 óctuplo octeto
9 nônuplo (Brazil)
nónuplo (Portugal)
noneto/novena
10 décuplo dezena
11 undécuplo onzena/onzeno
12 duodécuplo dúzia
100 cêntuplo
muitos múltiplo
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Verb edit

dobro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun edit

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Etymology 2 edit

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

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dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
  2. good, goods (an item of merchandise)
  3. property, estate
  4. well-being, welfare, sake
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Adverb edit

dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. well (in a good manner)
    Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.
    Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
  2. properly, rightly (in a proper manner)

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dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)

  1. well
    Uh... pa dobro onda.Uh... well then.
  2. all right, so be it, OK, fine
    Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro, neću!You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!

Etymology 3 edit

From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun edit

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References edit

  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the adjective dobrý.

Noun edit

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. good
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. dobro
Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • dobro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

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dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)

  1. well, good
    Antonym: slabọ̑

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdobɾo/ [ˈd̪o.β̞ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -obɾo
  • Syllabification: do‧bro

Noun edit

dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. dobro

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