centro

See also: centró, centrò, centro-, and -centro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾu/

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of centrar

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sentro/
• Rhymes: -entro

• Audio

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Noun

centro (accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre
2. downtown

Derived terms

• centrismo
• centrista

Related terms

• central

Further reading

• “centro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sentro/

Noun

centro (plural centri)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (standard, Tuscany) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛn.tro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntro
  • Hyphenation: cèn‧tro
• (central Italy, Rome) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/
  • Rhymes: -entro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”). The nonstandard pronunciation with -é- might be due to influence of entrare.

Noun

centro m (plural centri)

1. centre, center
2. middle, midpoint
3. core, heart
4. city centre, city center, downtown

Related terms

• accentrare
• centrafricano
• centrale
• centrare
• centratura
• centrifuga
• centrismo
• centrista
• centro-
• centro commerciale
• centrodestra
• centrosinistra
• centrosoma
• centrotavola
• concentrare
• decentrare
• incentrare

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈken.troː/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪ro]

Noun

centrō

1. dative/ablative singular of centrum

References

• centro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.tɾu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɾu
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre (middle of anything)

   Synonym: meio

2. center (point on a line midway between the ends)
3. downtown

Derived terms

• centrismo
• centrista

Related terms

• central
• centralizar
• centrar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθentɾo/, [ˈθẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsentɾo/, [ˈsẽn̪.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. center
2. (geometry) center
3. (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
4. middle
5. core, heart
6. (urban studies) city center, downtown
7. (soccer) cross (a pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch)

Derived terms

• centrar
• centrismo
• centrista
• centro comercial
• centro de alumnos
• centro de autoacceso
• centro de estudiantes
• centro de estudios
• centro de la nada
• centro derecha
• centro de salud
• centro izquierda
• centro penitenciario
• centro recreativo

 

Related terms

• central
• céntrico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Further reading

• “centro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• contre, corten, trocen