avaro
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈvaro/Category:Esperanto 3-syllable words#AVAROCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#AVARO
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#AVAROAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -aroCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/aro#AVAROCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/aro/3 syllables#AVARO
- Syllabification: a‧va‧ro
Etymology 1
Noun
avaro (accusative singular avaron, plural avaroj, accusative plural avarojn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#AVAROCategory:Esperanto nouns#AVAROCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Etymology 2
From avo (“grandfather”) + -aro (“collection”)Category:Esperanto terms suffixed with -aro#AVARO.
Noun
avaro (accusative singular avaron, plural avaroj, accusative plural avarojn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#AVAROCategory:Esperanto nouns#AVAROCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
- (rareCategory:Esperanto terms with rare senses#AVARO, wordplay) a collection of grandfathers
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-FinnicCategory:Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic#AVAROCategory:Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic#AVARO *avara. Cognates include Finnish avara and Estonian avar.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑro/, [ˈɑʋɑˑrŏ̞̥]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#AVARO
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑːro/, [ˈɑʋˑɑːro̞]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#AVARO
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑːro/, [ˈɑʋˑɑːro̞]Category:Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation#AVARO
- Rhymes: -ɑʋɑro, -ɑʋɑːroCategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑʋɑro#AVAROCategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑʋɑro/3 syllables#AVAROCategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑʋɑːro#AVAROCategory:Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑʋɑːro/3 syllables#AVARO
- Hyphenation: a‧va‧ro
Adjective
avaro (comparative avaromp)Category:Ingrian lemmas#AVAROCategory:Ingrian adjectives#AVAROCategory:Ingrian entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Declension
| Declension of avaro (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | avaro | avarot |
| genitive | avaron | avaroin, avaroloin |
| partitive | avaroa | avaroja, avaroloja |
| illative | avaroo | avaroihe, avaroloihe |
| inessive | avaroos | avarois, avarolois |
| elative | avarost | avaroist, avaroloist |
| allative | avarolle | avaroille, avaroloille |
| adessive | avarool | avaroil, avaroloil |
| ablative | avarolt | avaroilt, avaroloilt |
| translative | avaroks | avaroiks, avaroloiks |
| essive | avaronna, avaroon | avaroinna, avaroloinna, avaroin, avaroloin |
| exessive1) | avaront | avaroint, avaroloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 24
- Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 23
Istriot
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Istriot terms derived from Latin#AVARO avārus.
Adjective
avaroCategory:Istriot lemmas#AVAROCategory:Istriot adjectives#AVAROCategory:Istriot entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
References
- Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 76
- Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 31
Italian
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#AVARO avārus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avari, feminine plural avare, superlative avarissimo)Category:Italian lemmas#AVAROCategory:Italian adjectives#AVAROCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
avaro m (plural avari, feminine avara)Category:Italian lemmas#AVAROCategory:Italian nouns#AVAROCategory:Italian countable nouns#AVAROCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Italian masculine nouns#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Derived terms
Further reading
- avàro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Italian entries#AVARO
Pronunciation
Adjective
avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avari, feminine plural avare)Category:Italian lemmas#AVAROCategory:Italian adjectives#AVAROCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Noun
avaro m (plural avari, feminine avara)Category:Italian lemmas#AVAROCategory:Italian nouns#AVAROCategory:Italian countable nouns#AVAROCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Italian masculine nouns#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Noun
avaro m (uncountable)Category:Italian lemmas#AVAROCategory:Italian nouns#AVAROCategory:Italian uncountable nouns#AVAROCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Italian masculine nouns#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
- (usually preceded by determinative article) Avar (language)
Further reading
- àvaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Category:it:Ethnonyms#AVAROCategory:it:Languages#AVAROLatin
Adjective
avārōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#AVAROCategory:Latin adjective forms#AVAROCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Portuguese
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#AVARO avārusCategory:Portuguese undefined derivations#AVARO.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧va‧ro
Adjective
avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avaros, feminine plural avaras)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AVAROCategory:Portuguese adjectives#AVAROCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Noun
avaro m (plural avaros)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AVAROCategory:Portuguese nouns#AVAROCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#AVAROCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
- skinflint (one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:avarento
Further reading
- “avaro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “avaro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#AVAROCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#AVARO avārus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbaɾo/ [aˈβ̞a.ɾo]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#AVAROCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#AVARO
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#AVAROAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾo#AVAROCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾo/3 syllables#AVARO
- Syllabification: a‧va‧ro
Adjective
avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avaros, feminine plural avaras)Category:Spanish lemmas#AVAROCategory:Spanish adjectives#AVAROCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
- avaricious, greedy
- Synonyms: codicioso, avaricioso
- mean, stingy, miserly
Derived terms
Noun
avaro m (plural avaros, feminine avara, feminine plural avaras)Category:Spanish lemmas#AVAROCategory:Spanish nouns#AVAROCategory:Spanish countable nouns#AVAROCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#AVAROCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#AVAROCategory:Pages with entries#AVAROCategory:Pages with 7 entries#AVARO
Related terms
Further reading
- “avaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025