centauro

See also: Centauro, Centaŭro, and centaŭro

Galician

Noun

centauro m (plural centauros)

1. centaur

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡senˈtau̯ro/

Noun

centauro (plural centauri)

1. (mythology) centaur

Italian

Etymology

From Latin centaurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtaw.ro/
• Rhymes: -awro
• Hyphenation: cen‧tàu‧ro

Noun

centauro m or f by sense (plural centauri)

1. (mythology) centaur

   Synonym: ippocentauro

2. (figurative) motorcyclist

   Synonym: motociclista

Further reading

• “centauro”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Noun

centaurō

1. dative/ablative singular of centaurus

Portuguese

centauro

Etymology

From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtaw.ɾu/ [sẽˈtaʊ̯.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtaw.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -awɾu
• Hyphenation: cen‧tau‧ro

Noun

centauro m (plural centauros)

1. centaur (mythical half horse, half man)

Further reading

• “centauro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “centauro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centaurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtauɾo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪au̯.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtauɾo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪au̯.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -auɾo
• Syllabification: cen‧tau‧ro

Noun

centauro m (plural centauros)

1. (mythology, fantasy) centaur

Related terms

• onocentauro

Further reading

• “centauro”, 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