louro

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese louro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlowɾo̝/

louro m (feminine singular loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)

1. dark blonde; blonde; golden
2. black; dark brown; dark purple

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

1. laurel tree
   • 1409, Pensado Tomé, José Luis (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:

     Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro

     For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil

   Synonym: loureiro

2. blonde person

• Louredo
• loureiro
• Lourido

• rubio

• “louro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “louro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “louro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “louro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “louro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• loiro

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾo/

From Old Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

1. blond (fair haired person)

   Coordinate terms: moreno, ruivo

2. blond (pale golden brown colour)

   Synonym: fulvo

3. laurel (plant)

   Synonyms: lauro, loureiro

4. laurel leaf, used as food

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:louro.

• (fair haired person): alemão (Santa Catarina, slang), galego (Northeast, slang), polaco (Paraná, slang)

louro m (feminine singular loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras, comparable)

1. blonde (having blonde hair)
2. blonde (blonde coloured)

   Synonyms: fúlvido, fulvo

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:louro.

Possibly Maori nori[1].

louro m (plural louros)

1. parrot

   Synonym: papagaio

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:louro.