esmero
See also: esmeró
Galician
Verb
esmero
- first-person singular present indicative of esmerar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Back-formation from esmerar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /izˈmɛ.ɾu/, /izˈme.ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʒˈmɛ.ɾu/, /iʒˈme.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /izˈmɛ.ɾo/, /izˈme.ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʒˈme.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: es‧me‧ro
Noun
esmero m (uncountable)
Etymology 2
Verb
esmero
- first-person singular present indicative of esmerar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈmeɾo/ [ezˈme.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: es‧me‧ro
Etymology 1
Deverbal from esmerar.
Noun
esmero m (plural esmeros)
- great care, diligence
- Synonyms: cuidado, detenimiento, diligencia
- 2020 March 31, Roberto Germán Fandiño Pérez, “Educar en el encierro”, in La Rioja[1]:
- Internet es una herramienta maravillosa, pero sin un bagaje previo de conocimiento y sentir crítico nos desarma y abruma, y eso es una tarea que deben hacer los humanos, con libros, con ideas, con aplicaciones y con tizas, pero con pausa, con paciencia y con esmero.
- The Internet is a wonderful tool, but without prior knowledge and critical thinking it disarms and overwhelms us, and that is a job for by humans, with books, with ideas, with applications and with chalk, but with pause, with patience and with care.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
esmero
- first-person singular present indicative of esmerar
Further reading
- “esmero”, 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