See also: império and Imperio

Esperanto

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  • IPA(key): [impeˈrio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ri‧o

Noun

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imperio (accusative singular imperion, plural imperioj, accusative plural imperiojn)

  1. empire

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Galician

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imperio m (plural imperios)

  1. empire

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Noun

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imperio (plural imperii)

  1. empire

Latin

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Noun

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imperiō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of imperium

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese império and Spanish imperio.

Noun

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imperio

  1. empire

Portuguese

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Noun

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imperio m (plural imperios)

  1. Obsolete spelling of império.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin imperium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /imˈpeɾjo/ [ĩmˈpe.ɾjo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾjo
  • Syllabification: im‧pe‧rio

Noun

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imperio m (plural imperios)

  1. empire
    heredar el imperio
    inherit the empire
  2. imperium
  3. rule (of law)
    Synonym: decreto
  4. arrogance
    Synonym: arrogancia
    • 1869, José Alcalá Galiano, “La bruja del ideal”, in Revista de España, volume VI, number 22:
      «Lee», volvió á repetir, con tal imperio []
      "Red", he said again, so arrogantly []
    • 1925, Bernardino Izaguirre, Historia de las misiones franciscanas y narración de los progresos de la geografía en el oriente del Perú:
      Se acercó a nosotros, nos pidió con mucho imperio un tarro de pólvora que dijo necesitaba
      He came up to us and arrogantly asked us for a powder flask, which he said he needed.

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: imperyo

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