Italian

Adjective

acerbo m ‎(feminine singular acerba, masculine plural acerbi, feminine plural acerbe)

1. unripe, premature
2. acerbic, sour, bitter, harsh, crude
3. hard, severe

Anagrams

• bacerò
• borace

Latin

Etymology

From acerbus ‎(“harsh, bitter”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈker.boː/

Verb

acerbō ‎(present infinitive acerbāre, perfect active acerbāvī, supine acerbātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I make harsh or bitter, embitter.
2. (transitive) I augment or aggravate something disagreeable, make worse, exacerbate.

Inflection

Derived terms

• acerbātus
• exacerbō

Related terms

Descendants

• English: acerbate

References

• acerbo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acerbo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acerbo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
    

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin acerbus.

Adjective

acerbo m ‎(feminine singular acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas, comparable)

1. acerb (bitter to the taste)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin acerbus.

Adjective

acerbo m ‎(feminine singular acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas)

1. acerb (bitter to the taste)
2. acerbic (sour or bitter)
3. biting, scathing, acerbic