dobro

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English

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A dobro style guitar with metal resonator.

Etymology

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From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro (good).

Noun

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dobro (plural dobros)

  1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
    Synonym: resonator guitar
    • 2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times[1]:
      The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdobro]
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  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

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dobro n (related adjective dobrý)

  1. good
    Antonym: zlo

Declension

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Further reading

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  • dobro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • dobro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • dobro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

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Verb

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dobro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (good).

Adjective

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dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)

  1. (Balkan) good
    Synonym: bueno

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry +‎ -o.

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Noun

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dobro n

  1. (uncountable) good, goodness (state or characteristic of being good)
    Antonym: zło
  2. (countable, literary, chiefly in the plural) good (that which is produced, traded, bought, or sold)
  3. (in the plural) estate (landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government)

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

Adverb

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dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)

  1. (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze

Further reading

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  • dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Noun

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dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. double
Coordinate terms
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Coeficiente Substantivo Resultado
1 único
singular
2 dobro dupla
par
duo
3 triplo trio
trinca
terceto
tríade
4 quádruplo quarteto
5 quíntuplo quinteto
6 sêxtuplo sexteto
7 sétuplo
séptuplo
septeto
8 óctuplo octeto
9 nônuplo (Brazil)
nónuplo (Portugal)
noneto/novena
10 décuplo dezena
11 undécuplo onzena/onzeno
12 duodécuplo dúzia
100 cêntuplo
muitos múltiplo
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Verb

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dobro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

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dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Etymology 2

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From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

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dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
  2. good, goods (an item of merchandise)
  3. property, estate
  4. well-being, welfare, sake
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Adverb

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dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. well (in a good manner)
    Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.
    Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
  2. properly, rightly (in a proper manner)

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dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)

  1. well
    Uh... pa dobro onda.Uh... well then.
  2. all right, so be it, OK, fine
    Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro, neću!You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!

Etymology 3

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From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

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dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References

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  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the adjective dobrý.

Noun

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dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. good
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. dobro
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Further reading

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  • dobro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

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Adverb

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dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)

  1. well, good
    Antonym: slabọ̑

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdobɾo/ [ˈd̪o.β̞ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -obɾo
  • Syllabification: do‧bro

Noun

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dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. dobro

Further reading

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