porro

See also: porrò

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. leek

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “porro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpo.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpo.ro]

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. (botany) leek
2. (slang) a cigarette made with cannabis, joint

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporːo/, [ˈpo̞rːo̞]
• Hyphenation: por‧ro

Noun

porro

1. Synonym of valkoporro (“”)
2. any plant of the genus
3. (in the plural) the genus

Declension

Inflection of porro (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		porro	porrot
genitive		porron	porrojen porroiden porroitten
partitive		porroa	porroja porroita
illative		porroon	porroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		porro	porrot
accusative	nom.	porro	porrot
	gen.	porron
genitive		porron	porrojen porroiden porroitten
partitive		porroa	porroja porroita
inessive		porrossa	porroissa
elative		porrosta	porroista
illative		porroon	porroihin
adessive		porrolla	porroilla
ablative		porrolta	porroilta
allative		porrolle	porroille
essive		porrona	porroina
translative		porroksi	porroiksi
abessive		porrotta	porroitta
instructive		—	porroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of porro (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative porroni porroni accusative nom. porroni porroni gen. porroni genitive porroni porrojeni porroideni porroitteni partitive porroani porrojani porroitani inessive porrossani porroissani elative porrostani porroistani illative porrooni porroihini adessive porrollani porroillani ablative porroltani porroiltani allative porrolleni porroilleni essive porronani porroinani translative porrokseni porroikseni abessive porrottani porroittani instructive — — comitative — porroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative porrosi porrosi accusative nom. porrosi porrosi gen. porrosi genitive porrosi porrojesi porroidesi porroittesi partitive porroasi porrojasi porroitasi inessive porrossasi porroissasi elative porrostasi porroistasi illative porroosi porroihisi adessive porrollasi porroillasi ablative porroltasi porroiltasi allative porrollesi porroillesi essive porronasi porroinasi translative porroksesi porroiksesi abessive porrottasi porroittasi instructive — — comitative — porroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative porromme porromme accusative nom. porromme porromme gen. porromme genitive porromme porrojemme porroidemme porroittemme partitive porroamme porrojamme porroitamme inessive porrossamme porroissamme elative porrostamme porroistamme illative porroomme porroihimme adessive porrollamme porroillamme ablative porroltamme porroiltamme allative porrollemme porroillemme essive porronamme porroinamme translative porroksemme porroiksemme abessive porrottamme porroittamme instructive — — comitative — porroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative porronne porronne accusative nom. porronne porronne gen. porronne genitive porronne porrojenne porroidenne porroittenne partitive porroanne porrojanne porroitanne inessive porrossanne porroissanne elative porrostanne porroistanne illative porroonne porroihinne adessive porrollanne porroillanne ablative porroltanne porroiltanne allative porrollenne porroillenne essive porronanne porroinanne translative porroksenne porroiksenne abessive porrottanne porroittanne instructive — — comitative — porroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative porronsa porronsa accusative nom. porronsa porronsa gen. porronsa genitive porronsa porrojensa porroidensa porroittensa partitive porroaan porroansa porrojaan porroitaan porrojansa porroitansa inessive porrossaan porrossansa porroissaan porroissansa elative porrostaan porrostansa porroistaan porroistansa illative porroonsa porroihinsa adessive porrollaan porrollansa porroillaan porroillansa ablative porroltaan porroltansa porroiltaan porroiltansa allative porrolleen porrollensa porroilleen porroillensa essive porronaan porronansa porroinaan porroinansa translative porrokseen porroksensa porroikseen porroiksensa abessive porrottaan porrottansa porroittaan porroittansa instructive — — comitative — porroineen porroinensa

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Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin porrum (“leek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔro/

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. (botany) leek

   Synonym: allo porro

2. (slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)

Derived terms

• Monte Porreiro
• Pena Porreira
• Porreira
• porreiro
• Porreiro
• Porreiros

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “porro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.ro/, [ˈpɔr̺r̺o]
• Rhymes: -ɔrro
• Hyphenation: pòr‧ro

Noun

porro m (plural porri)

1. leek
2. wart

   Synonym: verruca

Derived terms

• porraccio
• porrandello
• porrata
• porroso

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Bor

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόρρω (pórrhō) (Attic) for πρόσω (prósō), from πρό (pró).

Adverb

porrō (comparative porrius, superlative porrissimē)

1. further
2. onwards

References

• “porro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “porro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• porro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese porro, from Latin porrum (“leek”).

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, a vegetable)

   Synonyms: alho-francês, alho-porro, alho-poró

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporo/ [ˈpo.ro]

Etymology 1

From Latin porrum, possibly through Catalan porro. Compare the inherited form puerro.

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. (botany) leek

   Synonym: puerro

Etymology 2

From porra.

Adjective

porro (feminine porra, masculine plural porros, feminine plural porras)

1. (colloquial) stupid

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. (Mexico) A member of a criminal shock group, mainly targeting student protesters

Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

porro m (plural porros)

1. joint, reefer

Synonyms

• (joint): bate (Honduras), canuto, carruco (Honduras), leño (Honduras)

Derived terms

• emporrado