dobro
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobro (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
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobro n (related adjective dobrý)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dobro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dobro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dobro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]dobro
Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good”).
Adjective
[edit]dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry + -o.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobro 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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)
- (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze
Further reading
[edit]- dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: do‧bro
Noun
[edit]dobro m (plural dobros)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Coeficiente | Substantivo | Resultado |
---|---|---|
1 | único singular |
|
2 | dobro | dupla par dueto |
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 | centena |
muitos | múltiplo |
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: do‧bro
Verb
[edit]dobro
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
- Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.
Etymology 2
[edit]From dȍbar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dòbro 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
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dòbro (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
[edit]dobro (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
[edit]From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dòbro 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the adjective dobrý.
Noun
[edit]dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
[edit]Further 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dobro m (plural dobros)
Further reading
[edit]- “dobro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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