dobro
English edit
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)
- (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.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dobro n (related adjective dobrý)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
dobro
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)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry + -o.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔb.rɔ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.brɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔbrɔ
- Syllabification: dob‧ro
Noun edit
dobro n
- (singular only) good, goodness
- Antonym: zło
- (usually in plural) a good (something of economic value)
- (plural only) estate, landed property
Declension edit
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Adverb edit
dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)
- (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze
Further reading edit
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)
Coordinate terms edit
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 |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: do‧bro
Verb edit
dobro
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.
Etymology 2 edit
From dȍbar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
- good, goods (an item of merchandise)
- property, estate
- well-being, welfare, sake
Declension edit
Adverb edit
dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- well (in a good manner)
- Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.
- Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
- properly, rightly (in a proper manner)
Particle edit
dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)
- well
- Uh... pa dobro onda. ― Uh... well then.
- 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
Noun edit
dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- dobro (acoustic guitar)
References edit
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)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)
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
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dobro m (plural dobros)
Further reading edit
- “dobro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014