carburo

See also: carburó and carburò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kərˈbu.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kərˈbu.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaɾˈbu.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [karˈbu.ɾo]

Verb

carburo

1. first-person singular present indicative of carburar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈbu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: car‧bù‧ro

Etymology 1

Noun

carburo m (plural carburi)

1. carbide

Derived terms

• carburare
• carburo di calcio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carburo

1. first-person singular present indicative of carburare

Anagrams

• burraco, carrubo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbuɾo/ [kaɾˈβ̞u.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: car‧bu‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?

Latin carbōnemlbor.

French carbonebor.

Spanish carbono

Spanish -uro

Spanish carburo

From carbono + -uro.

Noun

carburo m (plural carburos)

1. (chemistry) carbide
2. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) trifling, trivial, petty conversation

Derived terms

• carburar
• carburo de calcio
• carburo de tungsteno
• hablar carburo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: karburo
• → Tagalog: kalburo

Etymology 2

Verb

carburo

1. first-person singular present indicative of carburar

Further reading

• “carburo”, 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
• “carburo”, 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