guerra

See also: Guerra and guèrra

Asturian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Noun

guerra f (plural guerres)

1. war

Derived terms

• guerra civil

Related terms

• guerreru
• guerriar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan guerra~gerra, from Vulgar Latin *werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.ra/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛra

Noun

guerra f (plural guerres)

1. war

Antonyms

• (war): pau

Derived terms

• guerra civil
• guerra fred
• guerrejar
• guerrer

Descendants

• → Sardinian: gherra

References

• “guerra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “guerra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “guerra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “guerra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛra̝/

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

1. war
2. noisy confusion

Antonyms

• (war): paz

Derived terms

• guerrear
• Guerreiro
• guerreiro

References

• “guerra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “guerra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “guerra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “guerra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “guerra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Interlingua

Noun

guerra

1. war

See also

• bello

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Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian guerra, from Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛr.ra/

• Audio (la guerra)

  (file)

• Audio (guerra)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrra
• Hyphenation: guèr‧ra

Noun

guerra f (plural guerre)

1. (also figuratively) war, warfare

   Synonyms: conflitto, lotta, ostilità, scontro

   Antonym: pace

Derived terms

• dichiarazione di guerra
• guerra civile
• guerra fredda
• guerraiolo
• guerra mondiale
• guerreggiare
• guerresco
• guerricciola (diminutive)
• tempo di guerra

 

Related terms

• guerrafondaio
• guerreggiante
• guerreggiatore
• guerrescamente
• guerriero
• guerriglia
• guerrigliero

 

Descendants

• → Slavomolisano: gvera

Further reading

• guerra on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

References

• guerra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rugare, urgerà

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowing of Frankish *werru. Attested sporadically in early medieval documents.

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwer.ra/, [ˈɡwɛrːä]

Noun

guerra f (genitive guerrae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, nonstandard) war

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guerra	guerrae
Genitive	guerrae	guerrārum
Dative	guerrae	guerrīs
Accusative	guerram	guerrās
Ablative	guerrā	guerrīs
Vocative	guerra	guerrae

See also

• bellum

References

• guerra 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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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.ra/

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

1. war

Antonyms

• (war): paz

Descendants

• Fala: guerra
• Galician: guerra
• Portuguese: guerra

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Portuguese

Guerra

Etymology

From Old Portuguese guerra, Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ/, [ˈɡɛ.hɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ/, [ˈɡɛ.hɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ/, [ˈɡɛ.χɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ/, [ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ]

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.ha/
• Hyphenation: guer‧ra

• Audio

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Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

2. war (organised, large-scale armed conflict)

   Antonym: paz

4. (uncountable) war; warfare (the waging of war)
6. (figuratively) war (any large-scale conflict)

   Synonym: conflito

Derived terms

• ciberguerra
• guerrear
• guerreiro
• guerrinha
• guerrona

 

Related terms

• guerrilha

See also

• batalha, bélico, combate, beligerência

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: gera

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• uiara (Sursilvan)
• veara, gueara (Sutsilvan)
• ghera (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

1. war

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• verra, uerra

Etymology

From Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• (Trapani) IPA^(key): [ˈɡwɛʐʐa]
• Hyphenation: guèr‧ra

Noun

guerra f (plural guerri)

1. war

Antonyms

• paci

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish guerra, from Medieval Latin werra, Vulgar Latin *werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡera/, [ˈɡe.ra]
• Hyphenation: gue‧rra

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

1. war, warfare

   La guerra entre los Estados Unidos e Irak

   The war between the United States and Iraq

   Synonyms: conflicto bélico, choque, combate, conflagración, conflicto, contienda, cruzada, enfrentamiento, guerrilla, hostilidades, lid, lucha, ofensiva, pelea, refriega

   Antonyms: paz, concordia

Hyponyms

• guerra biológica
• guerra de comida (“food fight”)
• guerra de desgaste
• guerra de ediciones
• guerra de precios
• guerra de trincheras
• guerra fría
• guerra mundial
• guerra psicológica
• guerra púnica
• guerra santa
• guerra subsidiaria

 

Derived terms

• aguerrido
• buque de guerra
• criminal de guerra
• declaración de guerra
• en la guerra y en el amor todo vale
• en tiempos de guerra cualquier agujero es trinchera
• entreguerras
• guerra civil
• guerra cultural
• guerra digital
• guerrear
• guerrero
• guerrilla
• hombre de guerra
• nave de guerra, barco de guerra (“warship”)
• neurosis de guerra
• posguerra
• prisionero de guerra
• señor de la guerra
• zona de guerra

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: gera, giyera

Further reading

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