aro

A shortening of aromantic. Coined on the Internet in the 2010s.

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aro (comparative more aro, superlative most aro)

1. (slang, neologism) aromantic (not experiencing romantic attraction)

aro (plural aros)

1. (slang, neologism) a person who is aromantic

• (aromantic): ace

• AOR, AoR, OAR, Ora, ROA, Rao, Roa, oar, ora

aro

1. age

   Erdi Aro ― Middles Ages, medieval era

   Harri Aro ― Stone Age

• Gorka Aulestia, Linda White, Basque-English, English-Basque Dictionary

Back-formation from -aro (“collection”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro
• Rhymes: -aro
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aro (accusative singular aron, plural aroj, accusative plural arojn)

1. bunch

   aro da kliŝaĵoj pri kaj Eŭropo kaj la nova traktato ― a bunch of clichés about both Europe and the new treaty

• ariĝi

aro

1. steppe
2. a watery, marshy place; lowland covered by grass, see references.

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arô

1. leprosy

aro

1. first-person singular present indicative of arare

• ora

From Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-. The root-final laryngeal was lost in the Proto-Indo-European verb, but was restored in Proto-Italic.

Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Lithuanian arti, and Old English erian (archaic English ear).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.roː/

arō (present infinitive arāre, perfect active arāvī, supine arātum); first conjugation

1. I plough, till; I cultivate land, farm; I acquire by tillage
2. (of age) I draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

• aro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp (compare Indonesian hadap, Malay hadap).

aro

1. front (facing side)

aro

1. to turn toward something or someone

aro

1. two

Same as arn.

aro m

1. eagle

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

From Old Portuguese aro of uncertain origin. Cognate with Spanish aro.

aro m (plural aros)

1. any large circular band of material
   1. hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)
   2. rim (outer edge of a wheel)
   3. the frame of eyeglasses

      Synonym: armação

   4. juggling ring

      Synonym: argola

2. the region surrounding a city

   Synonym: periferia

• arão, arum, árum, jarro, jaro

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum (any plant in the genus Arum)

See the etymology of the main entry.

aro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of arar

aro m

1. flour

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾo/

Unknown origin.

aro m (plural aros)

1. hoop
2. large ring
3. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay) earring

• anillo
• argolla
• sortija

From Latin arum.

aro m (plural aros)

1. arum lily

• jaro, yaro

See the etymology of the main entry.

aro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of arar.

• “aro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

aro

1. many; a lot