centro
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈsen.tɾo/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈsen.tɾu/
Verb
centro
- first-person singular present indicative form of centrar
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sentro/
- Rhymes: -entro
Audio (file)
Noun
centro (accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)
- center (US), centre (UK)
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).
Noun
centro m (plural centros)
- centre
- downtown
Derived terms
- centrismo
- centrista
Related terms
- central
Further reading
- “centro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sentro/
Noun
centro (plural centri)
- center (US), centre (UK)
Italian
Pronunciation
- (standard, Tuscany) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛn.tro/
- Rhymes: -ɛntro
- Hyphenation: cèn‧tro
- (central Italy, Rome) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/[1]
- Rhymes: -entro
- Hyphenation: cén‧tro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”). The nonstandard pronunciation with -é- might be due to influence of entrare.
Noun
centro m (plural centri)
- centre, center
- middle, midpoint
- core, heart
- city centre, city center, downtown
Related terms
- accentrare
- centrafricano
- centrale
- centrare
- centratura
- centrifuga
- centrismo
- centrista
- centro-
- centro commerciale
- centrodestra
- centrosinistra
- centrosoma
- centrotavola
- concentrare
- decentrare
- incentrare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
centro
- first-person singular present indicative of centrare
References
- centro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈken.troː/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪roː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪ro]
Noun
centrō
- dative/ablative singular of centrum
References
- centro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsẽ.tɾu/
- Rhymes: -ẽtɾu
- Hyphenation: cen‧tro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.
Noun
centro m (plural centros)
- centre (middle of anything)
- Synonym: meio
- center (point on a line midway between the ends)
- downtown
Derived terms
- centrismo
- centrista
Related terms
- central
- centralizar
- centrar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
centro
- first-person singular present indicative of centrar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
Audio (Latin America) (file) - Rhymes: -entɾo
- Syllabification: cen‧tro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin centrum[1], from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.
Noun
centro m (plural centros)
- center
- (geometry) center
- (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
- middle
- core, heart
- (urban studies) city center, downtown
- (soccer) cross (a pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch)
Derived terms
- centrar
- centrismo
- centrista
- centro comercial
- centro de alumnos
- centro de autoacceso
- centro de estudiantes
- centro de estudios
- centro de gravedad
- centro de la nada
- centro derecha
- centro de salud
- centro izquierda
- centro penitenciario
- centro recreativo
Related terms
- central
- céntrico
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
centro
- first-person singular present indicative of centrar
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “centro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- contre, corten, trocen