agro

Alternative forms

• aggro

Etymology

From aggro, by shortening

Adjective

agro (comparative more agro, superlative most agro)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) angry

Anagrams

• Argo, Garo, Gora, Rago, goar

Noun

agro (accusative singular agron, plural agroj, accusative plural agrojn)

1. field, piece of arable land

Etymology

13th century. From Latin ager, agrum, from Proto-Italic *agros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɣɾo̝/

Noun

agro m (plural agros)

1. enclosed farmland usually comprising a single property
   • 1259, Andrés Martínez Salazar (ed.), Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 44:

     nos damos a isse Pedro Pedrez un agro que jaz sobrela egreia de Uillanoua en Seloure a chantar de pereyros et de mazeyras

     we give this Pedro Pérez a field that is over the church of Vilanova in Sillobre, for planting there pear and apple trees

2. countryside
3. primary sector

References

• “agro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “agro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “agro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “agro” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “agro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ager, Italian agro and Spanish agro. In length from English agriculture and Russian агрикульту́ра (agrikulʹtúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡro/
• Hyphenation: ag‧ro

Noun

agro (plural agri)

1. field: piece of ground

See also

• feldo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *acrus, *acrum, from Latin acer, acrem, from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). See also the doublet acre.

Etymology 2

From Latin ager, agrum, from Proto-Italic *agros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Anagrams

• argo, Argo
• roga

Adjective

agro m (Latin spelling)

1. sour

Noun

agro m (Latin spelling)

1. vinegar

Noun

agrō

1. dative singular of ager
2. ablative singular of ager

References

• agro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Adjective

agro

1. vocative singular masculine form of agrais
2. accusative singular masculine form of agrais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of agrais
4. genitive plural masculine form of agrais
5. vocative singular feminine form of agrais
6. accusative singular feminine form of agrais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of agrais
8. genitive plural feminine form of agrais

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɾo/, [ˈaɣɾo]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ager, agrum, with first attestation in 1645. However, some dialects may have preserved it as an inherited term^[1].

Etymology 2

References

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *acrus, *acrum, from Latin ācer, acrem.

Adjective

agro m (feminine singular agra, masculine plural agri, feminine plural agre)

1. sharp, sour
2. acid