albero

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

albero (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Boreal, boreal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbero]
• Hyphenation: àl‧be‧ro

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Etymology 1

From Latin arbor, arborem^[1][2], from Old Latin arbōs, arbōsis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high, to grow”). Compare Catalan arbre, French arbre, Occitan arbre, Portuguese árvore, Spanish árbol, Romanian arbore. Doublet of arbore.

Etymology 2

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *albarus, a derivative of Latin albus (“white”).^[3][4]

Etymology 3

Anagrams

• albore

References

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈbeɾo/
• Hyphenation: al‧be‧ro

Noun

albero m (plural alberos)

1. a 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) an arena