promo

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: prō'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Noun

promo (plural promos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of promotion.
2. (professional wrestling slang) an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.

Derived terms

• promo code

Translations

promotion

• Bulgarian: промоция f (promocija)
• Catalan: promo
• Finnish: promo (fi)
• French: promo (fr)
• Italian: promo
• Japanese: プロモ (ja) (puromo)
• Portuguese: promo
• Spanish: promo f
• Yoruba: púrómò

Verb

promo (third-person singular simple present promos, present participle promoing, simple past and past participle promoed)

1. (slang, transitive) To promote; to publicize.

Derived terms

• no promo homo

Anagrams

• Pomor

Chinese

Alternative forms

• promote

Etymology

From clipping of English promotion.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁶ mou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁶ mou¹
    • Yale: pouh mōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁶ mou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁶ mou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²² mou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

promo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, marketing) promo (promotion; event to increase reach or image of a product or brand)

French

Etymology

Clipping of promotion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.mo/

Noun

promo f (plural promos)

1. (informal) promo

   Cet article est en promo. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (informal) year group, school year

   la promo 2022 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

• “promo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“forth, forward”) +‎ emō (“I take, acquire, buy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.moː/, [ˈproːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mo/, [ˈprɔːmo]

Verb

prōmō (present infinitive prōmere, perfect active prōmpsī, supine prōmptum); third conjugation

1. to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmō	prōmis	prōmit	prōmimus	prōmitis	prōmunt
	imperfect	prōmēbam	prōmēbās	prōmēbat	prōmēbāmus	prōmēbātis	prōmēbant
	future	prōmam	prōmēs	prōmet	prōmēmus	prōmētis	prōment
	perfect	prōmpsī	prōmpsistī	prōmpsit	prōmpsimus	prōmpsistis	prōmpsērunt, prōmpsēre
	pluperfect	prōmpseram	prōmpserās	prōmpserat	prōmpserāmus	prōmpserātis	prōmpserant
	future perfect	prōmpserō	prōmpseris	prōmpserit	prōmpserimus	prōmpseritis	prōmpserint
passive	present	prōmor	prōmeris, prōmere	prōmitur	prōmimur	prōmiminī	prōmuntur
	imperfect	prōmēbar	prōmēbāris, prōmēbāre	prōmēbātur	prōmēbāmur	prōmēbāminī	prōmēbantur
	future	prōmar	prōmēris, prōmēre	prōmētur	prōmēmur	prōmēminī	prōmentur
	perfect	prōmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmam	prōmās	prōmat	prōmāmus	prōmātis	prōmant
	imperfect	prōmerem	prōmerēs	prōmeret	prōmerēmus	prōmerētis	prōmerent
	perfect	prōmpserim	prōmpserīs	prōmpserit	prōmpserīmus	prōmpserītis	prōmpserint
	pluperfect	prōmpsissem	prōmpsissēs	prōmpsisset	prōmpsissēmus	prōmpsissētis	prōmpsissent
passive	present	prōmar	prōmāris, prōmāre	prōmātur	prōmāmur	prōmāminī	prōmantur
	imperfect	prōmerer	prōmerēris, prōmerēre	prōmerētur	prōmerēmur	prōmerēminī	prōmerentur
	perfect	prōmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōme	—	—	prōmite	—
	future	—	prōmitō	prōmitō	—	prōmitōte	prōmuntō
passive	present	—	prōmere	—	—	prōmiminī	—
	future	—	prōmitor	prōmitor	—	—	prōmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōmere	prōmpsisse	prōmptūrum esse	prōmī	prōmptum esse	prōmptum īrī
participles		prōmēns	—	prōmptūrus	—	prōmptus	prōmendus, prōmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōmendī	prōmendō	prōmendum	prōmendō	prōmptum	prōmptū

Derived terms

• dēprōmō

References

• “promo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “promo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• promo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “prompt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Noun

promo m (plural promos)

1. (informal) promo (promotional material)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾomo/ [ˈpɾo.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: pro‧mo

Noun

promo f (plural promos)

1. promo