promo

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: prō'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Noun

promo (plural promos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of promotion.
2. (professional wrestling slang) an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.

Derived terms

• promo code

Translations

promotion

• Bulgarian: промоция f (promocija)
• Catalan: promo
• Finnish: promo (fi)
• French: promo (fr)

• Italian: promo
• Japanese: プロモ (ja) (puromo)
• Portuguese: promo
• Spanish: promo f

Verb

promo (third-person singular simple present promos, present participle promoing, simple past and past participle promoed)

1. (slang, transitive) To promote; to publicize.

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Latin

Etymology

From prō- (“forth, forward”) +‎ emō (“I take, acquire, buy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈproː.moː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mo/, [ˈprɔː.mɔ]

Verb

prōmō (present infinitive prōmere, perfect active prōmpsī, supine prōmptum); third conjugation

1. I take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmō	prōmis	prōmit	prōmimus	prōmitis	prōmunt
	imperfect	prōmēbam	prōmēbās	prōmēbat	prōmēbāmus	prōmēbātis	prōmēbant
	future	prōmam	prōmēs	prōmet	prōmēmus	prōmētis	prōment
	perfect	prōmpsī	prōmpsistī	prōmpsit	prōmpsimus	prōmpsistis	prōmpsērunt, prōmpsēre
	pluperfect	prōmpseram	prōmpserās	prōmpserat	prōmpserāmus	prōmpserātis	prōmpserant
	future perfect	prōmpserō	prōmpseris	prōmpserit	prōmpserimus	prōmpseritis	prōmpserint
passive	present	prōmor	prōmeris, prōmere	prōmitur	prōmimur	prōmiminī	prōmuntur
	imperfect	prōmēbar	prōmēbāris, prōmēbāre	prōmēbātur	prōmēbāmur	prōmēbāminī	prōmēbantur
	future	prōmar	prōmēris, prōmēre	prōmētur	prōmēmur	prōmēminī	prōmentur
	perfect	prōmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōmam	prōmās	prōmat	prōmāmus	prōmātis	prōmant
	imperfect	prōmerem	prōmerēs	prōmeret	prōmerēmus	prōmerētis	prōmerent
	perfect	prōmpserim	prōmpserīs	prōmpserit	prōmpserīmus	prōmpserītis	prōmpserint
	pluperfect	prōmpsissem	prōmpsissēs	prōmpsisset	prōmpsissēmus	prōmpsissētis	prōmpsissent
passive	present	prōmar	prōmāris, prōmāre	prōmātur	prōmāmur	prōmāminī	prōmantur
	imperfect	prōmerer	prōmerēris, prōmerēre	prōmerētur	prōmerēmur	prōmerēminī	prōmerentur
	perfect	prōmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōme	—	—	prōmite	—
	future	—	prōmitō	prōmitō	—	prōmitōte	prōmuntō
passive	present	—	prōmere	—	—	prōmiminī	—
	future	—	prōmitor	prōmitor	—	—	prōmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōmere	prōmpsisse	prōmptūrum esse	prōmī	prōmptum esse	prōmptum īrī
participles		prōmēns	—	prōmptūrus	—	prōmptus	prōmendus, prōmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōmendī	prōmendō	prōmendum	prōmendō	prōmptum	prōmptū

Derived terms

• dēprōmō

References

• promo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• promo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• promo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• prompt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Portuguese

Noun

promo m (plural promos)

1. (informal) promo (promotional material)

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Spanish

Noun

promo f (plural promos)

1. promo