soro

See also: Soro, soró, sọrọ, ṣoro, and Sorø

English

Noun

soro (plural soros)

1. (slang, rare) Clipping of sorority.
   • 1997 February 2, john lowe, “i am *not* a frat boy wannabe!”, in alt.punk‎^[1] (Usenet):

     soro girls won't talk to me, even when they're drunk.

   • 1998 September 24, UTOYPIA, “Special Event Security in Los Angeles”, in alt.security‎^[2] (Usenet):

     We work frat/soro parties at several major universities such as USC and UCLA, clubs, concerts, raves, parties, weddings, movie premiers, any special events and even the MTV Music Awards.

   • 1999 November 26, lamb...@my-deja.com, “why frats are BUYING friends.”, in alt.college.sororities‎^[3] (Usenet):

     So for all the new comers, you should NOT bother to spend hefty amount of money to join a soro or a frat!

   • 2005 January 9, balkr...@yahoo.com, “studio apt for sublease”, in usc.forsale‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Surrounded by frats and soros. and USC housing. So one of the safest area to live.

   • 2013 April 22, “Michael Shannon with a dramatic reading of the sorority letter - this is spectacular.”, in Reddit‎^[5], r/videos, archived from the original on 10 December 2023:

     Meaning that if a frat's sister soro is the fat soro on campus, the frat becomes the fat frat. They identify themselves, and get perspective rush candidates by how good their partner frat/soro is, because put simply, not alot^[sic] of frat guys want to hook up with ugly girls. So the frats with the best sister soro will usually have people lining up to rush them, meaning they have the "cream of the crop".

'Are'are

Noun

soro

1. salt

Synonyms

• aasi
• maimami'a

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Fijian

Noun

soro

1. atonement
2. atonement offering (something sacrificed for atonement to occur)

Galician

Etymology

Either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, or from Latin serum (“whey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾo̝̝/

Noun

soro m (plural soros)

1. whey
2. serum
3. (medicine) a solution of water, salt and sugar used to prevent dehydration from diarrhea or vomiting

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “soro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈɾo/

Verb

soro

1. (intransitive) to break

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soro

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
active
	indicative	che asoro	nde resoro	ha'e osoro	ñande jasoro	ore rosoro	peẽ pesoro	ha'ekuéra osoro/osoro hikuái
	hortative	tasoro che	teresoro nde	tosoro ha'e	tajasoro ñande	tarosoro ore	tapesoro peẽ	tosoro ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	esoro	-	-	-	pesoro	-
passive
	indicative	che ajesoro	nde rejesoro	ha'e ojesoro	ñande jajesoro	ore rojesoro	peẽ pejesoro	ha'ekuéra ojesoro/ojesoro hikuái
	hortative	tajesoro che	terejesoro nde	tojesoro ha'e	tajajesoro ñande	tarojesoro ore	tapejesoro peẽ	tojesoro ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejesoro	-	-	-	pejesoro	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajosoro	ore rojosoro	peẽ pejosoro	ha'ekuéra ojosoro/ojosoro hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajosoro ñande	tarojosoro ore	tapejosoro peẽ	tojosoro ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejosoro	-
coactive
	indicative	che amondoro	nde remondoro	ha'e omondoro	ñande ñamondoro	ore romondoro	peẽ pemondoro	ha'ekuéra omondoro/omondoro hikuái
	hortative	tamondoro che	teremondoro nde	tomondoro ha'e	tañamondoro ñande	taromondoro ore	tapemondoro peẽ	tomondoro ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	emondoro	-	-	-	pemondoro	-
objective
	indicative	che arosoro/aguerosoro	nde rerosoro/reguerosoro	ha'e orosoro/oguerosoro	ñande jarosoro/jaguerosoro	ore rorosoro/roguerosoro	peẽ perosoro/peguerosoro	ha'ekuéra orosoro/oguerosoro//orosoro/oguerosoro hikuái
	hortative	tarosoro/taguerosoro che	tererosoro/tereguerosoro nde	torosoro/toguerosoro ha'e	tajarosoro/tajaguerosoro ñande	tarorosoro/taroguerosoro ore	taperosoro/tapeguerosoro peẽ	torosoro/toguerosoro ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	erosoro/eguerosoro	-	-	-	perosoro/peguerosoro	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aporosoro/amba'esoro	nde reporosoro/remba'esoro	ha'e oporosoro/omba'esoro	ñande japorosoro/ñamba'esoro	ore roporosoro/romba'esoro	peẽ peporosoro/pemba'esoro	ha'ekuéra oporosoro/omba'esoro//oporosoro/omba'esoro hikuái
	hortative	taporosoro/tamba'esoro che	tereporosoro/teremba'esoro nde	toporosoro/tomba'esoro ha'e	tajaporosoro/tañamba'esoro ñande	taroporosoro/taromba'esoro ore	tapeporosoro/tapemba'esoro peẽ	toporosoro/tomba'esoro ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporosoro/emba'esoro	-	-	-	peporosoro/pemba'esoro	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: sò‧ro

Noun

soro m (plural sori)

1. (botany) sorus

Anagrams

• orso, roso

Kaxuyana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *(tj)ôrô (“this”).

Adverb

soro

1. today

References

• Spike Gildea, On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa sōrō, compare Yoruba sóró (“minaret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sō.ɾō/

Noun

soro (plural sorozhì)

1. A rectangular or cylindrical building of clay construction, reinforced and roofed with split gbàci beams.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorum, from Latin serum. Doublet of sérum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: so‧ro

Noun

soro m (plural soros)

1. serum (blood plasma from which the clotting proteins have been removed)
2. whey (liquid remaining after milk has been curdled)
3. (medicine) a solution of water, salt and sugar used to prevent dehydration from diarrhoea or vomiting

Related terms

• sérico
• sero-

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: so‧ro

Noun

soro m (plural soros)

1. (botany) sorus (cluster of sporangia)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾo/ [ˈso.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: so‧ro

Noun

soro m (plural soros)

1. (botany) sorus

Further reading

• “soro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English sore.

Noun

soro

1. sore
2. wound

Verb

soro

1. to hurt, to be sore

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish zorro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾo/ [ˈsoː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: so‧ro

Noun

soro (feminine sora, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜓ)

1. fox

   Synonym: tumanggong

Etymology 2

See suro.

Noun

sorò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜓ)

1. Obsolete form of suro.

Further reading

• “soro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• oros

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.ɾo]

Verb

soro

1. (intransitive) to fly

Conjugation

Conjugation of soro
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosoro	fosoro	misoro
2nd	nosoro	nisoro
3rd	Masculine	osoro	isoro, yosoro†
Feminine	mosoro
Neuter	isoro
† - archaic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.ɾo]

Verb

soro

1. (transitive) to deny

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh