centro

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of centrar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sen.tro/

Noun

centro (accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”)

Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre
2. downtown

Noun

centro (plural centri)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

Etymology

From Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• cèntro, IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛntro/

Noun

centro m (plural centri)

1. centre, center
2. middle, midpoint
3. core, heart
4. city centre, city center, downtown

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

Noun

centrō

1. dative singular of centrum
2. ablative singular of centrum

References

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.tɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.tɾo/
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre (middle of anything)
2. center (point on a line midway between the ends)
3. downtown

Verb

centro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of centrar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum^[1], from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθentɾo/, [ˈθẽn̪t̪ɾo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈsentɾo/, [ˈsẽn̪t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Latin America)

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Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. center
2. (geometry) center
3. (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
4. middle
5. core, heart
6. (urbanism) city center, downtown

Verb

centro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of centrar.

Anagrams

• contre, corten, trocen