puro

See also: Puro and puró

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puro, shortened from cigarro puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ

Noun

puro (plural puros)

1. A cigar, especially one made with tobacco from a single country.

Anagrams

• pour, roup

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/ [ˈpu.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro

1. neuter of puru

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/ [ˈpu.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Adjective

púro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. pure

   Synonym: liso

Adverb

púro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. completely

   Synonym: entero

2. all

   Synonym: liso

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾo/ [puˈɾo]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Noun

puró (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. edge; rim; end

   Synonyms: gilid, gati

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾoʔ/ [puˈɾoʔ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Noun

purô (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍᜓ)

1. (formal) island

   Synonym: isla

Derived terms

• kapuruan

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from the onomatopoeic root of purista +‎ -o in reference to the sound made by running water in a creek. Related to Karelian puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuro/, [ˈpuro̞]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): pu‧ro

Noun

puro

1. stream, streamlet, brook, creek (body of running water smaller than a river)

Declension

Inflection of puro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		puro	purot
genitive		puron	purojen
partitive		puroa	puroja
illative		puroon	puroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		puro	purot
accusative	nom.	puro	purot
	gen.	puron
genitive		puron	purojen
partitive		puroa	puroja
inessive		purossa	puroissa
elative		purosta	puroista
illative		puroon	puroihin
adessive		purolla	puroilla
ablative		purolta	puroilta
allative		purolle	puroille
essive		purona	puroina
translative		puroksi	puroiksi
abessive		purotta	puroitta
instructive		—	puroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of puro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative puroni puroni accusative nom. puroni puroni gen. puroni genitive puroni purojeni partitive puroani purojani inessive purossani puroissani elative purostani puroistani illative purooni puroihini adessive purollani puroillani ablative puroltani puroiltani allative purolleni puroilleni essive puronani puroinani translative purokseni puroikseni abessive purottani puroittani instructive — — comitative — puroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative purosi purosi accusative nom. purosi purosi gen. purosi genitive purosi purojesi partitive puroasi purojasi inessive purossasi puroissasi elative purostasi puroistasi illative puroosi puroihisi adessive purollasi puroillasi ablative puroltasi puroiltasi allative purollesi puroillesi essive puronasi puroinasi translative puroksesi puroiksesi abessive purottasi puroittasi instructive — — comitative — puroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative puromme puromme accusative nom. puromme puromme gen. puromme genitive puromme purojemme partitive puroamme purojamme inessive purossamme puroissamme elative purostamme puroistamme illative puroomme puroihimme adessive purollamme puroillamme ablative puroltamme puroiltamme allative purollemme puroillemme essive puronamme puroinamme translative puroksemme puroiksemme abessive purottamme puroittamme instructive — — comitative — puroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative puronne puronne accusative nom. puronne puronne gen. puronne genitive puronne purojenne partitive puroanne purojanne inessive purossanne puroissanne elative purostanne puroistanne illative puroonne puroihinne adessive purollanne puroillanne ablative puroltanne puroiltanne allative purollenne puroillenne essive puronanne puroinanne translative puroksenne puroiksenne abessive purottanne puroittanne instructive — — comitative — puroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative puronsa puronsa accusative nom. puronsa puronsa gen. puronsa genitive puronsa purojensa partitive puroaan puroansa purojaan purojansa inessive purossaan purossansa puroissaan puroissansa elative purostaan purostansa puroistaan puroistansa illative puroonsa puroihinsa adessive purollaan purollansa puroillaan puroillansa ablative puroltaan puroltansa puroiltaan puroiltansa allative purolleen purollensa puroilleen puroillensa essive puronaan puronansa puroinaan puroinansa translative purokseen puroksensa puroikseen puroiksensa abessive purottaan purottansa puroittaan puroittansa instructive — — comitative — puroineen puroinensa

Derived terms

• Puro
• Purola
• puronen

compounds

• afrikanpurorotta
• alppipuro
• Haapapuro
• Haukipuro
• Höykinpuro
• jäätikköpuro
• kalliovuortenpuromyyrä
• kevätpuro
• Kivipuro
• korpipuro
• kotipuro
• luonnonpuro
• metsäpuro
• Myllypuro
• myllypuro
• niittypuro
• pikkupuro
• purohopeatäplä
• purokorento
• purolaakso
• puromylly
• Puronaho
• puronieriä
• puronotko
• puronsuu
• puronuoma
• puronvarsi
• puropahanen
• purotaimen
• purouitto
• purouoma
• purovarsi
• purovesi
• salopuro
• tunturipuro
• uittopuro
• vuoripuro
• vuoristopuro

Further reading

• “puro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• Urpo, poru, urpo

Fula

Adjective

puro

1. (Adamawa) grey

Declension

Declension of puro

Class Pronoun
o	puro
ɓe	furɓe
nde	furde
ndu	furdu
nge	fure
ngo	furo
ko	furo
ngal	pural
ngol	purol
ki	puri
kol	purol
ɗum	purum
ndi	purdi
ngu	puru
ka	pura
ɗam	puram
ɗe	pure
ɗi	puri
ngel	purel
ngum	purum
kal	pural
kon	puron
nga	pura
ko	puro
koy	puroy

^* These declensions are in the Adamawa dialect, declensions and class pronouns in other dialects vary.

References

• Rolf Theil, Grammatikk over dialekten i 'Aadamaawa, Institutt For Lingvistike og Nordiske Studium, Universitetet I Oslo, 2008

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese puro, from Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/ [ˈpu.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras)

1. pure, unadulterated

   Antonym: impuro

Derived terms

• puramente

Related terms

• pureza
• purificar
• purismo

Noun

puro m (plural puros)

1. cigar

   Synonym: cigarro

Further reading

• “puro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Indonesian pulau, Malay pulau, Sundanese pulo, Tagalog pulo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾoʔ/ [puˈɾoʔ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Noun

puro

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: pù‧ro

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puri, feminine plural pure, superlative purissimo)

1. pure

   Antonym: impuro

Related terms

• puramente
• purché
• pure
• purezza
• purga
• purgare
• purificare
• purismo
• purista
• purità
• puritano
• purosangue
• purtroppo

Noun

puro m (plural puri, feminine pura)

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Further reading

• puro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• puro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• puro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pùro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• puro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• puro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

puro

1. Rōmaji transcription of プロ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.ro]

Etymology 1

Adjective

pūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrus

Etymology 2

From pūrus (“pure”) +‎ -ō (verbal suffix).

Verb

pūrō (present infinitive pūrāre, perfect active pūrāvī, supine pūrātum); first conjugation

1. (rare) to purify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pūrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pūrō		pūrās		pūrat		pūrāmus		pūrātis		pūrant
	imperfect	pūrābam		pūrābās		pūrābat		pūrābāmus		pūrābātis		pūrābant
	future	pūrābō		pūrābis		pūrābit		pūrābimus		pūrābitis		pūrābunt
	perfect	pūrāvī		pūrāvistī		pūrāvit		pūrāvimus		pūrāvistis		pūrāvērunt, pūrāvēre
	pluperfect	pūrāveram		pūrāverās		pūrāverat		pūrāverāmus		pūrāverātis		pūrāverant
	future perfect	pūrāverō		pūrāveris		pūrāverit		pūrāverimus		pūrāveritis		pūrāverint
passive	present	pūror		pūrāris, pūrāre		pūrātur		pūrāmur		pūrāminī		pūrantur
	imperfect	pūrābar		pūrābāris, pūrābāre		pūrābātur		pūrābāmur		pūrābāminī		pūrābantur
	future	pūrābor		pūrāberis, pūrābere		pūrābitur		pūrābimur		pūrābiminī		pūrābuntur
	perfect	pūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pūrem		pūrēs		pūret		pūrēmus		pūrētis		pūrent
	imperfect	pūrārem		pūrārēs		pūrāret		pūrārēmus		pūrārētis		pūrārent
	perfect	pūrāverim		pūrāverīs		pūrāverit		pūrāverīmus		pūrāverītis		pūrāverint
	pluperfect	pūrāvissem		pūrāvissēs		pūrāvisset		pūrāvissēmus		pūrāvissētis		pūrāvissent
passive	present	pūrer		pūrēris, pūrēre		pūrētur		pūrēmur		pūrēminī		pūrentur
	imperfect	pūrārer		pūrārēris, pūrārēre		pūrārētur		pūrārēmur		pūrārēminī		pūrārentur
	perfect	pūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pūrā		—		—		pūrāte		—
	future	—		pūrātō		pūrātō		—		pūrātōte		pūrantō
passive	present	—		pūrāre		—		—		pūrāminī		—
	future	—		pūrātor		pūrātor		—		—		pūrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pūrāre			pūrārī			pūrāns			—
future		pūrātūrum esse			pūrātum īrī			pūrātūrus			pūrandus
perfect		pūrāvisse			pūrātum esse			—			pūrātus
future perfect		—			pūrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pūrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pūrandī		pūrandō		pūrandum		pūrandō		pūrātum		pūrātū

Descendants

• Old Northern French: purer (“to sift (grain), pour out (water)”)
  • →? Dutch: pouren
  • →? Middle English: pouren
    • English: pour

References

• “puro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “puro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈpu.rɔ]

Particle

puro

1. (Poznań, dated) almost, nearly

Further reading

• Waldemar Wierzba (2013), “puro”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 208

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese puro, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras, comparable, comparative mais puro, superlative o mais puro or puríssimo, diminutive purinho)

1. pure (free of pollutants)

   Antonyms: impuro, contaminado

2. pure; flawless (free of flaws or imperfections)

   Antonyms: impuro, imperfeito

3. pure; clean (free of immoral behaviour)

   Antonyms: impuro, sujo

4. (Brazil, slang) sober (not under the influence of any recreational drug)

   Antonym: chapado

Derived terms

• puramente

Related terms

• impuro
• pureza

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus. In the noun sense short for cigarro puro, a product to be smoked that is made – unlike the cigarette – of “tabaco puro, sin papel” (pure tobacco, without paper). Note that in Spanish the unqualified term cigarro can also refer to a cigarette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/ [ˈpu.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras)

1. pure, clear

   Antonyms: impuro, mezclado, sucio

2. alone, sheer, mere, just, nothing less than

Inflection

• Superlative: purísimo
• Augmentative: purote
• Diminutive: purito

Derived terms

• a puro huevo
• apurar
• de pura cepa
• de pura uva
• de puro aire
• de puro fay
• la pura verdad
• matemáticas puras
• por las puras
• pura vida
• puramente
• purasangre
• purista
• puro y duro
• puros dieces

Related terms

• puré
• pureza
• purificar
• puritano

See also

• casto

Adverb

puro

1. only, merely

   Synonyms: nada más, solamente, sólo

   Antonyms: además, no solamente

Noun

puro m (plural puros)

1. cigar, puro
2. (Spain, colloquial) a fine (especially a big one)

   Synonym: cigarro

Descendants

• → English: puro
• → Greek: πούρο (poúro)
• → Turkish: puro

Further reading

• “puro”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/ [ˈpuː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. pure; undiluted

   Synonyms: dalisay, wagas, walang-halo

2. (by extension) strong (of alcohol, coffee)

   Synonym: matapang

3. pure-blood; of unmixed stock; purebred; thoroughbred

   Synonym: lantay

4. full of; covered with
5. with or having the last card or number (of a pair) being awaited to be drawn in order to win

   Synonym: namumuro

6. causing instant death (of a shot, stab, etc.)

Derived terms

• mapuruhan
• puruhan

Noun

puro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. condition of being pure or unadulterated

   Synonyms: kapangalan, kapauran

2. last card or number (of a pair) being awaited to be drawn in order to win

Adverb

puro (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. always; repeatedly; too much

   Synonyms: pulos, wagas, panay, taganas

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuɾo]

Noun

puro (plural purojte)

1. Donkey.

Derived terms

• purojconetzi
• purojpi̱a
• purolama
• puromi̱jqui̱

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano; Secretaría de Educación Pública, published 1971, pages 17, 176

Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

puro (definite accusative puroyu, plural purolar)

1. cigar

Declension

Declension of puro

singular plural nominative puro purolar definite accusative puroyu puroları dative puroya purolara locative puroda purolarda ablative purodan purolardan genitive puronun puroların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular purom purolarım 2nd singular puron puroların 3rd singular purosu puroları 1st plural puromuz purolarımız 2nd plural puronuz purolarınız 3rd plural puroları puroları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular puromu purolarımı 2nd singular puronu purolarını 3rd singular purosunu purolarını 1st plural puromuzu purolarımızı 2nd plural puronuzu purolarınızı 3rd plural purolarını purolarını dative singular plural 1st singular puroma purolarıma 2nd singular purona purolarına 3rd singular purosuna purolarına 1st plural puromuza purolarımıza 2nd plural puronuza purolarınıza 3rd plural purolarına purolarına locative singular plural 1st singular puromda purolarımda 2nd singular puronda purolarında 3rd singular purosunda purolarında 1st plural puromuzda purolarımızda 2nd plural puronuzda purolarınızda 3rd plural purolarında purolarında ablative singular plural 1st singular puromdan purolarımdan 2nd singular purondan purolarından 3rd singular purosundan purolarından 1st plural puromuzdan purolarımızdan 2nd plural puronuzdan purolarınızdan 3rd plural purolarından purolarından genitive singular plural 1st singular puromun purolarımın 2nd singular puronun purolarının 3rd singular purosunun purolarının 1st plural puromuzun purolarımızın 2nd plural puronuzun purolarınızın 3rd plural purolarının purolarının

Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/, [ˈpu.ɾu]

Adjective

púro

1. pure; free from admixture

   Synonym: puraw

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /puˈɾoʔ/, [puˈɾuʔ]

Noun

purô

1. island

   Synonym: isla

Welsh

Etymology

pur +‎ -o

Verb

puro (first-person singular present puraf)

1. (transitive) to purify, refine

   Synonyms: pureiddio, coethi, teru

2. (transitive) to cleanse, purge

   Synonyms: glanhau, gloywi

Conjugation

Conjugation of puro (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	puraf	puri	pur, pura	purwn	purwch	purant	purir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	purwn	purit	purai	purem	purech	purent	purid
preterite	purais	puraist	purodd	purasom	purasoch	purasant	purwyd
pluperfect	puraswn	purasit	purasai	purasem	purasech	purasent	purasid, puresid
present subjunctive	purwyf	purych	puro	purom	puroch	puront	purer
imperative	—	pur, pura	pured	purwn	purwch	purent	purer
verbal noun	puro
verbal adjectives	puredig puradwy

Conjugation of puro (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	pura i, puraf i	puri di	purith o/e/hi, puriff e/hi	purwn ni	purwch chi	puran nhw
conditional	purwn i, purswn i	puret ti, purset ti	purai fo/fe/hi, pursai fo/fe/hi	puren ni, pursen ni	purech chi, pursech chi	puren nhw, pursen nhw
preterite	purais i, pures i	puraist ti, purest ti	purodd o/e/hi	puron ni	puroch chi	puron nhw
imperative	—	pura	—	—	purwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• purfa f (“refinery”)
• purwr m (“refiner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of puro

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
puro	buro	mhuro	phuro

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “puro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies