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albero

See also: alberò

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Spanish alberobor.
English albero

    Borrowed from Spanish albero.

    Noun

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    albero (uncountable)

    1. Densely packed crushed rock covering the ground where a bullfight will take place.

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /alˈbeɾo/
    • Syllabification: al‧be‧ro
    • Rhymes: -eɾo

    Noun

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    albero m (plural albers)

    1. esophagus, trachea

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin arboris.

    Noun

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    albero m

    1. plant
    2. tree

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    • Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 41
    • Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 22

    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈal.be.ro/
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    • Rhymes: -albero
    • Hyphenation: àl‧be‧ro

    Etymology 1

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    From older alboro m (via dissimilation), from albore m (via masculinization of the ending), from Latin arborem f.[1]

    Noun

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    albero m (plural alberi, diminutive alberèllo or alberétto or alberìno, augmentative alberóne, pejorative alberàccio, derogatory alberùccio)

    1. tree (all senses)
    2. (nautical) mast
    3. shaft, spindle
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    Etymology 2

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    Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *albarus, a derivative of Latin albus (“white”).[2]

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    Noun

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    albero m (plural alberi)

    1. poplar tree
      Synonym: pioppo

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    Verb

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    albero

    1. first-person singular present indicative of alberare

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    1. ^ Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–), “*/ˈarbor-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
    2. ^ albero1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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    Spanish

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    FWOTD – 2 November 2013
     
    Albero.

    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin albārius (“pertaining to the whitening of walls”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /alˈbeɾo/ [alˈβ̞e.ɾo]
    • Rhymes: -eɾo
    • Syllabification: al‧be‧ro

    Adjective

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    albero (feminine albera, masculine plural alberos, feminine plural alberas)

    1. obsolete form of albar (“white”)

    Noun

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    albero m (plural alberos)

    1. type of crushed rock applied over gardens and bullring arenas
      • 2010, Antonio Ramos Espejo, Andaluzas, protagonistas a su pesar, Centro de Estudios Andaluces, page 258:
        Manolete, además, hace un esfuerzo supremo cada vez que pisa el albero de la plaza de Córdoba.
        Furthermore, Manolete undertakes a supreme effort each time he steps on the crushed rock of Cordoba’s bullring.
    2. (bullfighting) arena
      • 2014, Francisco Soler Guevara, José Antonio Alías García, En el Umbral del Misterio:
        Sólo el torero de verdad cuenta con arte o tiene arte para torear. sabe ponerle sitio en el albero.
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    3. dishrag

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