maduro

See also: maduró and Maduro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maduro. Doublet of mature.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈdʊ.ɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro

Noun

maduro (plural maduros)

1. A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.

Coordinate terms

• claro
• colorado
• colorado claro
• colorado maduro
• double claro
• double maduro
• oscuro

Anagrams

• Damour, d'Amour

Catalan

Verb

maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maduro.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro

Adjective

maduro

1. ripe

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin mātūrus

Old Galician-Portuguese maduro

Portuguese maduro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese maduro, from Latin mātūrus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdu.ɾu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdu.ɾu/ [mɐˈðu.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdu.ɾu/ [mɐˈðu.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdu.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro

Adjective

maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)

1. ripe
2. mature, of relatively old age (said of people)

Etymology 2

Verb

maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Further reading

• “maduro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “maduro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈduɾo/ [maˈð̞u.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧du‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin mātūrus

Old Spanish maduro

Spanish maduro

Inherited from Old Spanish maduro, from Latin mātūrus.

Adjective

maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)

1. ripe
2. mature, of relatively old age (said of people)

Derived terms

• a las duras y a las maduras

Descendants

• Chavacano: maduro
• → English: maduro

Noun

maduro m (plural maduros)

1. (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador) ellipsis of plátano maduro (“a ripe plantain”)

Etymology 2

Verb

maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Further reading

• “maduro”, 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