áspero

See also: aspero

Galician

Alternative forms

• aspro

Etymology

From Latin asperum, singular accusative of asper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspe̝ɾo̝/, /ˈaspɾo̝/

Adjective

áspero (feminine áspera, masculine plural ásperos, feminine plural ásperas)

1. rough
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 67:

     se vsaren cauallgar en el por toios ou por llugares asperos a esto semellauijs, ven o Cauallo vsado a saltar et andar porllos llugares sobreditos, alçara as coixas et os pees mais apostamente pollos outros llugares

     if they happen to ride in [the horse] through gorses or through rough places similar to that, and the horse is used to jump and walk by the aforementioned places, then he will raise the thighs and the feet more handsomely when in other places

   Synonym: esgrevio

2. harsh

   Synonym: esgrevio

3. sharp, tart
4. harsh, severe

   Synonym: esgrevio

Derived terms

• Áspera
• Aspra

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “asper”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “áspero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aspero (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin asperum, singular accusative of asper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”). Possibly a semi-learned or borrowed term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃpɨɾu/
• Hyphenation: ás‧pe‧ro

Adjective

1. rough

Antonyms

• liso

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin asperum, singular accusative of asper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”). The forms of the Spanish word and its Portuguese equivalent seem to indicate that they may be semi-learned or borrowed terms (the expected normal result aspro was found on rare occasions in Old Spanish documents). However, comparing it to similar cases of phonetic development in Spanish and Ibero-Romance (cf. árboles, miércoles, níspero, etc.), the preservation of the proparoxytone quality (with stress on the antepenultimate syllable) is actually normal in this word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspeɾo/ [ˈas.pe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: ás‧pe‧ro

Adjective

áspero (feminine áspera, masculine plural ásperos, feminine plural ásperas)

1. rough

Antonyms

• liso

Derived terms

• asperón