maduro
See also: maduró
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maduro. Doublet of mature.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈdʊ.ɹoʊ/
Noun
maduro (plural maduros)
- A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.
Coordinate terms
- claro
- colorado
- double claro
- colorado claro
- colorado maduro
- double maduro
- oscuro
Anagrams
- Damour, d'Amour
Catalan
Verb
maduro
- first-person singular present indicative form of madurar
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish maduro.
Adjective
maduro
- ripe
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese maduro, from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdu.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdu.ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈdu.ɾu/ [mɐˈðu.ɾu]
- Rhymes: -uɾu
- Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro
Adjective
maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)
- ripe
- mature, of relatively old age (said of people)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish maduro, from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈduɾo/ [maˈð̞u.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -uɾo
- Syllabification: ma‧du‧ro
Adjective
maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)
- ripe
- mature, of relatively old age (said of people)
Derived terms
- a las duras y a las maduras
Noun
maduro m (plural maduros)
- (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador) Ellipsis of plátano maduro (“a ripe plantain”).
Verb
maduro
- first-person singular present indicative of madurar
Further reading
- “maduro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014