French

Adjective

acerbe m, f ‎(plural acerbes)

1. acerb (bitter to the taste)
2. harsh

Italian

Adjective

acerbe

1. feminine plural of acerbo

Anagrams

• becera

Latin

Adjective

acerbe

1. vocative masculine singular of acerbus

Adverb

acerbē ‎(comparable acerbius, superlative acerbissimē)

1. stridently
2. cruelly, harshly
3. severely

References

• acerbe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acerbe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acerbe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
    
  • (ambiguous) to exact the taxes (with severity): vectigalia exigere (acerbe)
    

Portuguese

Verb

acerbe

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of acerbar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of acerbar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of acerbar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of acerbar