apertura

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apertura. Doublet of the inherited obertura.

Noun

apertura f (plural apertures)

1. Alternative form of obertura

Etymology

From Latin apertūra. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development.

Noun

apertura f (plural aperture)

1. opening (all meanings)
2. crack, slit
3. slot
4. placket
5. openness, open-mindedness, broad-mindedness
6. (optics) aperture
7. (rugby) fly-half

Anagrams

• parature

Etymology

From apertus, from aperiō (“I open”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.perˈtuː.ra/

Noun

apertūra f (genitive apertūrae); first declension

1. an opening, hole, aperture
2. an opening (action)

Participle

apertūra

1. nominative feminine singular of apertūrus
2. nominative neuter plural of apertūrus
3. accusative neuter plural of apertūrus
4. vocative feminine singular of apertūrus
5. vocative neuter plural of apertūrus

apertūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of apertūrus

References

• apertura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apertura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• apertura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apertūra. Doublet of the inherited abertura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aperˈtuɾa/, [aperˈt̪uɾa]

Noun

apertura f (plural aperturas)

1. opening (act of making something open)

   Antonym: clausura

2. (optics) aperture (something which restricts the diameter of a light path)
3. (chess) opening (the first few moves)

Further reading

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