poltrona

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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poltrona f (plural poltrones)

  1. armchair, easy chair
    Synonyms: butaca, cadiral

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From poltrono +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [polˈtrona]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: pol‧tro‧na

Adjective

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poltrona (accusative singular poltronan, plural poltronaj, accusative plural poltronajn)

  1. (literary, rare) cowardly
    • 1965, Kálmán Kalocsay, transl., La tragedio de l'homo, Imre Madách:
      Mi ne kondamnas tiun ĉi poltronan
      popolon, ĝi ne estas kulpa, ĝia
      naturo estas, ke ĝin la mizero
      brulstampu sklavo.
      I don't condemn this cowardly
      people, they are not to blame, their
      nature is to be branded
      a slave by misery.
    • 1999, William Auld, interviewed by Aleksander Korĵenkov in La Ondo de Esperanto:
      Cetere, pseŭdonimeco en certaj cirkonstancoj estas tolerebla (ekzemple ĉe Zamenhof) — sed kiam aŭtoro kaŝas sin pseŭdonime por sin savi de pravaj riproĉoj kaj eventualaj reagoj, tio estas anonimeco kovarda kaj poltrona.
      Additionally, pseudonymity in certain circumstances is tolerable (for example in Zamenhof's case) — but when an author hides behind a pseudonym to save themselves from just reproaches and potential reactions, that sort of anonymity is low and cowardly.
    • 2010, Baldur Ragnarsson, “La grimpo”, in La fontoj nevideblaj:
      "Jes, tie la vojo," diris la gvidisto[...]
      "por ĝin laŭiri nepras la persisto
      kaj ne hazardaj paŝoj de poltrona drivo."
      "Yes, there's the road," said the guide[...]
      "to follow it requires persistence
      and not random steps of a cowardly drift.

Synonyms

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English poltroonFrench poltron.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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poltrona

  1. cowardly, dastardly, chicken-hearted

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Derived terms

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /polˈtro.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧na

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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poltrona f sg

  1. feminine singular of poltrone

Noun

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poltrona f (plural poltrone)

  1. female equivalent of poltrone (lazy woman)
    Synonyms: pigra, indolente, oziosa

Etymology 2

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From poltro (bed).[1]

Noun

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poltrona f (plural poltrone)

  1. (furniture) armchair, easy chair
  2. (theater) seat (especially in the first rows)
  3. (figurative) prestigious position
Descendants
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  • Greek: πολυθρόνα (polythróna)
  • Portuguese: poltrona
  • Spanish: poltrona
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References

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  1. ^ poltrona in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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poltrona

Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /polˈtɾo.nɐ/ [poɫˈtɾo.nɐ], /pɔlˈtɾo.nɐ/ [pɔɫˈtɾo.nɐ], /pulˈtɾo.nɐ/ [puɫˈtɾo.nɐ]

  • Hyphenation: pol‧tro‧na

Noun

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poltrona f (plural poltronas)

  1. armchair
    Synonym: cadeirão

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /polˈtɾona/ [pol̪ˈt̪ɾo.na]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: pol‧tro‧na

Noun

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poltrona f (plural poltronas)

  1. armchair
    Synonyms: sillón, butaca

Adjective

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poltrona

  1. feminine singular of poltrón

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