brío

See also: brio and brio-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese brio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Perhaps borrowed from Spanish brío, or directly from a substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“strength”), cognate with Welsh bri and Old Irish bríg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾio̝/

Noun

brío m (plural bríos)

1. vigour, strength, thrust
2. (dated) bravery, dignity, arrogance

Derived terms

• brioso

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “brio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “brio”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “brío”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan briu (“wild”), from Gaulish *brīgos (“strength”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾio/ [ˈbɾi.o]
• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: brí‧o

Noun

brío m (plural bríos)

1. vigour, mettle

   Synonym: vigor

2. zest, zeal

   Synonyms: celo, ahínco, denuedo

Derived terms

• brioso

Descendants

• → Italian: brio
  • → English: brio
  • → French: brio

References

• brío in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Further reading

• “brío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024