glabro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glaber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.bro/
• Rhymes: -abro
• Hyphenation: glà‧bro

Adjective

glabro (feminine glabra, masculine plural glabri, feminine plural glabre)

1. hairless, glabrous

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫa.broː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlaː.bro]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin glaber

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin glabrō

From glaber (“hairless”) + -ō.

Verb

glabrō (present infinitive glabrāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (transitive) to denude of hair or bristles

Conjugation

   Conjugation of glabrō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	glabrō		glabrās		glabrat		glabrāmus		glabrātis		glabrant
	imperfect	glabrābam		glabrābās		glabrābat		glabrābāmus		glabrābātis		glabrābant
	future	glabrābō		glabrābis		glabrābit		glabrābimus		glabrābitis		glabrābunt
passive	present	glabror		glabrāris, glabrāre		glabrātur		glabrāmur		glabrāminī		glabrantur
	imperfect	glabrābar		glabrābāris, glabrābāre		glabrābātur		glabrābāmur		glabrābāminī		glabrābantur
	future	glabrābor		glabrāberis, glabrābere		glabrābitur		glabrābimur		glabrābiminī		glabrābuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	glabrem		glabrēs		glabret		glabrēmus		glabrētis		glabrent
	imperfect	glabrārem		glabrārēs		glabrāret		glabrārēmus		glabrārētis		glabrārent
passive	present	glabrer		glabrēris, glabrēre		glabrētur		glabrēmur		glabrēminī		glabrentur
	imperfect	glabrārer		glabrārēris, glabrārēre		glabrārētur		glabrārēmur		glabrārēminī		glabrārentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		glabrā		—		—		glabrāte		—
	future	—		glabrātō		glabrātō		—		glabrātōte		glabrantō
passive	present	—		glabrāre		—		—		glabrāminī		—
	future	—		glabrātor		glabrātor		—		—		glabrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		glabrāre			glabrārī			glabrāns			—
future		—			—			—			glabrandus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		glabrandī		glabrandō		glabrandum		glabrandō		—		—

Derived terms

• glabrātus

References

• “glabro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “glabro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “glabrō” on page 765/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

glabrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of glaber

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glabrum.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.bɾu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.bɾu/ [ˈɡla.βɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.bɾu/ [ˈɡla.βɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.bɾu/

• Rhymes: -abɾu
• Hyphenation: gla‧bro

Adjective

glabro (feminine glabra, masculine plural glabros, feminine plural glabras)

1. hairless, glabrous

Further reading

• “glabro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “glabro”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “glabro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “glabro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glaber.

Adjective

glabro (feminine glabra, masculine plural glabros, feminine plural glabras)

1. hairless, glabrous

Further reading

• “glabro”, 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