acerbo

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin acerbus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈθɛɾbo/ [aˈθɛɾ.β̞ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /aˈsɛɾbo/ [aˈsɛɾ.β̞ʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾbo
  • Hyphenation: a‧cer‧bo

Adjective

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acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas)

  1. acerbic
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin acerbus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛr.bo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrbo
  • Hyphenation: a‧cèr‧bo

Adjective

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acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbi, feminine plural acerbe, superlative acerbissimo)

  1. unripe, premature
  2. acerbic, sour, bitter, harsh, crude
  3. hard, severe

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • acerbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From acerbus (harsh, bitter) +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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acerbō (present infinitive acerbāre, perfect active acerbāvī, supine acerbātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to make harsh or bitter, embitter
  2. (transitive) to augment or aggravate something disagreeable, make worse, exacerbate

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of acerbō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acerbō acerbās acerbat acerbāmus acerbātis acerbant
imperfect acerbābam acerbābās acerbābat acerbābāmus acerbābātis acerbābant
future acerbābō acerbābis acerbābit acerbābimus acerbābitis acerbābunt
perfect acerbāvī acerbāvistī acerbāvit acerbāvimus acerbāvistis acerbāvērunt,
acerbāvēre
pluperfect acerbāveram acerbāverās acerbāverat acerbāverāmus acerbāverātis acerbāverant
future perfect acerbāverō acerbāveris acerbāverit acerbāverimus acerbāveritis acerbāverint
passive present acerbor acerbāris,
acerbāre
acerbātur acerbāmur acerbāminī acerbantur
imperfect acerbābar acerbābāris,
acerbābāre
acerbābātur acerbābāmur acerbābāminī acerbābantur
future acerbābor acerbāberis,
acerbābere
acerbābitur acerbābimur acerbābiminī acerbābuntur
perfect acerbātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect acerbātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect acerbātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acerbem acerbēs acerbet acerbēmus acerbētis acerbent
imperfect acerbārem acerbārēs acerbāret acerbārēmus acerbārētis acerbārent
perfect acerbāverim acerbāverīs acerbāverit acerbāverīmus acerbāverītis acerbāverint
pluperfect acerbāvissem acerbāvissēs acerbāvisset acerbāvissēmus acerbāvissētis acerbāvissent
passive present acerber acerbēris,
acerbēre
acerbētur acerbēmur acerbēminī acerbentur
imperfect acerbārer acerbārēris,
acerbārēre
acerbārētur acerbārēmur acerbārēminī acerbārentur
perfect acerbātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect acerbātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acerbā acerbāte
future acerbātō acerbātō acerbātōte acerbantō
passive present acerbāre acerbāminī
future acerbātor acerbātor acerbantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives acerbāre acerbāvisse acerbātūrum esse acerbārī acerbātum esse acerbātum īrī
participles acerbāns acerbātūrus acerbātus acerbandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
acerbandī acerbandō acerbandum acerbandō acerbātum acerbātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: acerbate, exacerbate

References

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  • acerbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acerbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acerbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin acerbus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas)

  1. acerbic (bitter to the taste)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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acerbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of acerbar

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin acerbus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɾbo/ [aˈθeɾ.β̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseɾbo/ [aˈseɾ.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eɾbo
  • Syllabification: a‧cer‧bo

Adjective

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acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas)

  1. acerb (bitter to the taste)
  2. acerbic (sour or bitter)
  3. biting, scathing, acerbic

Derived terms

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Further reading

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