vidrio

See also: Vidrio and vidrió

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish vidrio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbidɾjo/, [ˈbi.d̪ɾjo]
• Hyphenation: vi‧drio

Noun

vidrio

1. glass

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbidɾjo/ [ˈbi.ð̞ɾjo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -idɾjo
• Syllabification: vi‧drio

Etymology 1

Una botella de vidrio colorida ― A colorful glass bottle (sense 1)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wedrom

Proto-Italic *wedrom?

Latin vitrum

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin vitreus

Old Spanish vidrio

Spanish vidrio

Inherited from Old Spanish vidrio, vedrio, from Latin vitreus (“glassy”), from vitrum (“glass”).

Doublet of vítreo. Cognate with Asturian vidru, Catalan vidre, Galician vidro, French verre, Italian vetro, and Portuguese vidro.

Alternative forms

• vidro (Early Modern Spanish)

Noun

vidrio m (plural vidrios)

2. glass (substance)

   Synonym: cristal

3. window

   Synonym: ventana

Derived terms

• ahí nos vidrios
• bola de vidrio
• elevavidrios
• fibra de vidrio
• lana de vidrio
• limpiavidrios
• nos vidrios
• vidriería
• vidriero
• vidrioso

Related terms

• vitral
• vítreo
• vitrificar
• vitrina
• vitriolo

Etymology 2

Verb

vidrio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vidriar

Further reading

• “vidrio”, 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