tártaro

See also: tartaro, Tartaro, and Tártaro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈtaɹ.ta.ɾu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtaɻ.ta.ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: tár‧ta‧ro

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin tartarus (“Tatar”).

Noun

tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras)

  1. Tatar (a language of Russia)
  2. Tatar (member of the Tatar ethnic group)

Adjective

tártaro m (feminine singular tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras, not comparable)

  1. of Tartary (the Eurasian Steppe)
  2. of Tatarstan
  3. of the Tatar language
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Late Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

Noun

tártaro m (plural tártaros)

  1. (wine) tartar (compound deposited during wine-making)
  2. (dentistry) tartar (yellow deposit on the teeth)
Synonyms
  • (compound deposited during wine-making): borra, sarro
  • (teeth deposit): odontólito
  • tartarimetria
  • tartarimétrico
  • tartarímetro
  • tartarinismo
  • tartarizar
  • tartaroso

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).

Alternative forms

Noun

tártaro m (uncountable)

  1. (Greek mythology) Tartarus

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtar.ta.ɾo]

Etymology 1

Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Noun

tártaro m (plural tártaros)

  1. (poetic) hell
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Persian daradi, meaning residue, excrement, because it is what remains in the wine vessel's bottom, and influenced by the Greek Tartarus, the hell's bottom.

Noun

tártaro m (plural tártaros)

  1. tartaric acid
  2. (dentistry) tartar
Synonyms
  • (tartaric acid): tartrato ácido de potasio
  • (dentistry, tartar): sarro
Derived terms
  • crémor tártaro
  • cristal tártaro
  • sal tártara

Etymology 3

French, from Persian or Turkish tatar, and influenced by tártaro because of similitude.

Adjective

tártaro (feminine singular tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras)

  1. Tatar

Noun

tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras)

  1. Tatar (person)
Derived terms
  • carne tártara

Proper noun

tártaro m

  1. Tatar (language)

See also

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