dobro
English
editEtymology
editFrom the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro (“good”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdobro (plural dobros)
- (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
- Synonym: resonator guitar
- 2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times[1]:
- The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdobro n (related adjective dobrý)
Declension
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editGalician
editVerb
editdobro
Ladino
editEtymology
editFrom Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good”).
Adjective
editdobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry + -o.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdobro n
- (uncountable) good, goodness (state or characteristic of being good)
- Antonym: zło
- (countable, literary, chiefly in the plural) good (that which is produced, traded, bought, or sold)
- (in the plural) estate (landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government)
Declension
editDerived terms
editAdverb
editdobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)
- (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: do‧bro
Noun
editdobro m (plural dobros)
Coordinate terms
editCoeficiente | Substantivo | Resultado |
---|---|---|
1 | único singular |
|
2 | dobro | dupla par duo |
3 | triplo | trio trinca terceto tríade |
4 | quádruplo | quarteto |
5 | quíntuplo | quinteto |
6 | sêxtuplo | sexteto |
7 | sétuplo séptuplo |
septeto |
8 | óctuplo | octeto |
9 | nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal) |
noneto/novena |
10 | décuplo | dezena |
11 | undécuplo | onzena/onzeno |
12 | duodécuplo | dúzia |
100 | cêntuplo | |
muitos | múltiplo |
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: do‧bro
Verb
editdobro
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.
Etymology 2
editFrom dȍbar.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
- good, goods (an item of merchandise)
- property, estate
- well-being, welfare, sake
Declension
editAdverb
editdòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- well (in a good manner)
- Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.
- Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
- properly, rightly (in a proper manner)
Particle
editdobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)
- well
- Uh... pa dobro onda. ― Uh... well then.
- all right, so be it, OK, fine
- Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro, neću! ― You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!
Etymology 3
editFrom English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- dobro (acoustic guitar)
References
edit- “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the adjective dobrý.
Noun
editdobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editdobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “dobro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editdóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdobro m (plural dobros)
Further reading
edit- “dobro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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