boro

See also: Boro, bóro, bōrõ, -boro, and boro-

English

Verb

boro

  1. (Jamaica) borrow

Translations
borrow — see borrow

Noun

boro (plural boros)

  1. Alternative spelling of borough

Derived terms

Anagrams

Aneme Wake

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boro/

Noun

boro

  1. pig

Dongxiang

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *böxere, from Proto-Turkic *bögür.

Compare Mongolian бөөр (böör), Turkish böbrek.

Noun

boro

  1. kidney

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *bora, from Proto-Turkic *boŕ.

Compare Mongolian бор (bor), Turkish boz.

Adjective

boro

  1. grey
  2. dark

Etymology 3

Perhaps the same as the second etymology.

Noun

boro

  1. heathen

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈboro/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ro
  • Rhymes: -oro

Noun

boro (uncountable, accusative boron)

  1. boron

Galician

Noun

boro m (uncountable)

  1. boron

Italian
Chemical element
B Previous: berillio (Be)
Next: carbonio (C)

Etymology

Back-formation from borace (“borax”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ro/, [ˈbɔːr̺o]
  • Hyphenation: bò‧ro
  • Rhymes: -ɔro

Noun

boro m

  1. (chemistry) boron

Anagrams

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

Noun

boro

  1. pig

Portuguese

Noun

boro m (plural boros)

  1. boron

Coordinate terms

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali [Term?].

Adjective

boro

  1. large

Spanish
Chemical element
B Previous: berilio (Be)
Next: carbono (C)

Etymology

From bórax, influenced by similar formations in other European languages (compare English boron, French bore).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈboɾo/
  • Rhymes: -oɾo

Noun

boro m (uncountable)

  1. boron

Derived terms

See also

Venetian

Noun

boro m (plural bori)

  1. boron
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