guerra

See also: Guerra and guèrra

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

Noun

guerra f (plural guerres)

1. war

Derived terms

• guerra civil

Related terms

• guerreru
• guerriar

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɛ.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɛ.ra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra

Noun

guerra f (plural guerres)

1. war

Antonyms

• (war): pau

Derived terms

• guerrejar
• guerrer

Further reading

• “guerra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

Attested in local Latin documents since the 11th century. From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛra̝/

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

1. war
2. noisy confusion

Antonyms

• (war): paz

Derived terms

• guerrear
• Guerreiro
• guerreiro

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “guerra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “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 Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”) from Proto-Germanic *werrō (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Related to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) (German verwirren (“to confuse”)), Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), Old English wyrsa, wiersa (“worse”). More at worse, wurst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛr.ra/, [ˈɡwɛr̺ːä]

• Audio (la guerra):

  (file)

• Audio (guerra):

  (file)

• 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
• guerra mondiale
• guerrafondaio
• guerraiolo
• guerraiuolo
• guerreggiante
• guerreggiare
• guerreggiatore
• guerrescamente
• guerresco
• guerricciola
• guerriera
• guerriero
• guerriglia
• guerrigliera
• guerrigliero
• tempo di guerra

 

Further reading

• guerra on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• urgerà

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈer.ra/, [ɡuˈɛrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈer.ra/, [ɡuˈɛrːä]

Noun

guerra f (genitive guerrae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of werra (“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 Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

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 Galician-Portuguese guerra, gerra, from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *werrō (“confusion, disarray”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

Related to Spanish guerra, Italian guerra, French guerre and English war.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

guerra f (plural s)

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

   Antonym: paz

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

   Synonym: conflito

Derived terms

• ciberguerra
• guerrear
• guerreiro
• guerrinha
• guerrona

 

Related terms

• guerrilha

See also

• batalha, bélico, combate, beligerência

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

1. war

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• verra, uerra

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *werra, *guerra, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *werrō (“confusion, disarray”). Compare Italian guerra, Neapolitan uerra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

guerra f (plural guerri)

1. war

Antonyms

• paci

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin guerra, from Vulgar Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Compare Portuguese guerra, Italian guerra, French guerre. Also compare English war.

Pronunciation

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

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 ediciones
• guerra de precios
• guerra de trincheras
• guerra fría
• guerra mundial
• guerra púnica
• guerra santa

 

Derived terms

• aguerrido
• buque de guerra
• en la guerra y en el amor todo vale
• entreguerras
• guerra civil
• guerrear
• guerrero
• guerrilla
• hombre de guerra
• nave de guerra, barco de guerra (“warship”)
• posguerra
• prisionero de guerra
• señor de la guerra

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001