buró

See also: buro, büro, büró, and Büro

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Hellenic *-rós

Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)

Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor.

Latin burrus

Latin burra

Old French *bure

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old French -el

Old French burel

French bureaubor.

Spanish buró

Borrowed from French bureau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɾo/ [buˈɾo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bu‧ró

Noun

buró m (plural burós)

1. writing desk

   Synonym: escritorio

2. (Mexico) a nightstand

   Synonym: mesa de noche

Derived terms

• buró político

Further reading

• “buró”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “buró”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010