vidro

From Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Portuguese vidro, Spanish vidrio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbidɾo/ [ˈbi.ð̞ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -idɾo
• Syllabification: vi‧dro

vidro m (plural vidros)

1. (uncountable) glass (material)

   A honra é unha xoia de gran prezo mais como o vidro axiña se vos creba.

   Honor is a jewel of great price, but like glass it can quickly break.

2. glass (a pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle))
3. (in the plural) glasses
4. glaze

   Synonym: lazo

• vidroso

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vidro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vidro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vidro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vidro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vidro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic *wedro- (“glass”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with French verre, Italian vetro, Spanish vidrio.

• Rhymes: -idɾu
• Hyphenation: vi‧dro

vidro m (plural vidros)

1. glass (the material)

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: bidru
• → Japanese: ビードロ (bīdoro)
• → Tetum: vidru

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vidro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vidrar

• “vidro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “vidro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

vídro

1. accusative/instrumental singular of vidra