Álvaro

See also: Alvaro

Spanish

Etymology

Álvaro and Álvara stem from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin proper name Alvarus, from Spanish-Visigothic. The Germanic proper name consists of two parts: The first part stems from *all- ("all") or from *adal- ("noble"). The second part stems from *-wardą ("protection, defense"). However, there exist other etymologies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalbaɾo/ [ˈal.β̞a.ɾo]

Proper noun

Álvaro m

1. a male given name.

Derived terms

• Álvarez

Related terms

• Álvara
• Álvares

Further reading

• Álvaro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es