puro

puro

See also: puró

English

Etymology

From Spanish puro, shortened from cigarro puro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəɹəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ

Noun

puro (plural puros)

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

Anagrams

• pour, roup

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Asturian

Adjective

puro

1. neuter of puru

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Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/

Adjective

púro

1. pure

   Synonym: liso

Adverb

púro

1. completely

   Synonym: entero

2. all

   Synonym: liso

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puró

1. edge; rim; end

   Synonyms: gilid, gati

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

purô

1. (formal) island

   Synonym: isla

Derived terms

• kapuruan

 

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Finnish

Etymology

Probably 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

Noun

puro

1. 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
instructive		—	puroin
abessive		purotta	puroitta
comitative		—	puroineen

Possessive forms of puro (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	puroni	puromme
2nd person	purosi	puronne
3rd person	puronsa

Derived terms

• puronen

Compounds

compounds

• alppipuro
• jäätikköpuro
• kevätpuro
• korpipuro
• kotipuro
• luonnonpuro
• metsäpuro
• myllypuro
• niittypuro
• pikkupuro
• purokorento
• purolaakso
• puromylly
• puronieriä
• puronotko
• puronsuu
• puronuoma
• puronvarsi
• puropahanen
• purotaimen
• purouitto
• purouoma
• purovarsi
• purovesi
• salopuro
• tunturipuro
• uittopuro
• vuoripuro
• vuoristopuro

Anagrams

• Urpo, poru, urpo

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese puro, from Latin pūrus.

Adjective

puro m (feminine singular 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, Royal Galician Academy.

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Ilocano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puro

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

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

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

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Latin

Adjective

pūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pūrus

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: pu‧ro

Adjective

puro (feminine pura, masculine plural puros, feminine plural puras, comparable, comparative maispuro, superlative o maispuro 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

Derived terms

• puramente

Related terms

• impuro
• pureza

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾo/ [ˈpu.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• 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

• apurar
• de pura cepa
• matemáticas puras
• puramente
• purasangre
• purista
• puro y duro

 

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

puro

1. pure

   Synonyms: dalisay, wagas

2. strongly concocted liquid (e.g alcohol or black coffee)

   Synonym: matapang

Adverb

puro

1. (chiefly in the negative) always, repeatedly
   1. too much

   Synonyms: pulos, wagas, panay, taganas

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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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 17, 176

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Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish puro.

Noun

puro (definite accusative puroyu, plural purolar)

1. cigar

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	puro
Definite accusative	puroyu
	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

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Waray-Waray

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puro.

Adjective

púro

1. pure; free from admixture

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Noun

purô

1. island