centro

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sentro]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -entro
  • Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Noun[edit]

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

  1. center (US), centre (UK)

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

centro m (plural centros)

  1. centre
  2. downtown

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Ido[edit]

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Noun[edit]

centro (plural centri)

  1. center (US), centre (UK)

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

centro m (plural centri)

  1. centre, center
  2. middle, midpoint
  3. core, heart
  4. city centre, city center, downtown
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Descendants[edit]
  • Sardinian: tzentru

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

References[edit]

  1. ^ centro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin[edit]

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Noun[edit]

centrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of centrum

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Lithuanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

ceñtro

  1. genitive singular of ceñtras (centre)

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

centro m (plural centros)

  1. centre (middle of anything)
    Synonym: meio
  2. center (point on a line midway between the ends)
  3. downtown
  4. (Brazil) A Umbanda house of worship or temple
    Synonym: terreiro
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -entɾo
  • Syllabification: cen‧tro

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin centrum,[1] from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, sharp point), from κεντέω (kentéō, to sting), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

centro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

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