aspro

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aspro (plural aspros)

1. (Australia, informal) associate professor

• praos, sapro-, psora, rapso, proas, Paros, sapor, Proas, Poras, rapos, roaps

Inherited from Latin asperum, singular accusative of asper (“rough”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspɾo/
• Syllabification: as‧pro
• Rhymes: -aspɾo

aspro (feminine aspra, masculine plural aspros, feminine plural aspras)

1. rough

• “áspero”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “aspro”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Latin asperum (“rough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese áspero (“rough”), French âpre, Romanian aspru.

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.pro/
• Rhymes: -aspro
• Hyphenation: à‧spro

aspro (feminine aspra, masculine plural aspri, feminine plural aspre, superlative asprissimo, diminutive asprétto or asprìno)

1. sharp, tart (taste)
2. sour, pungent, bitter
3. rugged (terrain)
4. harsh, severe
5. strict
6. difficult

• aspramente
• asprezza
• asprigno
• inasprire

• asperità
• asperrimo

• aspro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• aspro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• parso, prosa, raspo, raspò, sapro-, saprò, sopra, sopra-, sparo, sparò, spora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspɾo/ [ˈas.pɾo]
• Rhymes: -aspɾo
• Syllabification: as‧pro

aspro m (plural aspros)

1. a particular Turkish currency; the asper

• “aspro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024