Catalan

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of centrar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sen.tro/

Noun

centro ‎(accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

Galician

Noun

centro m ‎(plural centros)

1. centre
2. downtown

Related terms

• central

Ido

Noun

centro (plural centri)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

• cèntro, IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛntro/

Noun

centro m ‎(plural centri)

1. centre, center
2. middle, midpoint
3. core, heart
4. city centre, city center, downtown

Related terms

Verb

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

Latin

Noun

centrō

1. dative singular of centrum
2. ablative singular of centrum

References

• CENTRO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin centrum ‎(“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω ‎(kentéō, “I sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.tɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.tɾo/
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Noun

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre (middle of anything)
2. center (point on a line midway between the ends)
3. downtown

Synonyms

• (middle of anything) meio

Related terms

• central, centralizar, centrar

Verb

centro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of centrar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin centrum^[1], from Ancient Greek κέντρον ‎(kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω ‎(kentéō, “I sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [ˈθe̞n.tɾo̞]
• (Others) IPA^(key): [ˈse̞n.tɾo̞]
• See also: cetro, cedro

Noun

centro m ‎(plural centros)

1. center
2. (geometry) center
3. (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
4. middle
5. core, heart
6. (urbanism) city center, downtown

Related terms

• central

Derived terms

• centrar
• céntrico

Verb

centro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of centrar.

Anagrams

• contre, corten, trocen

References

• “centro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.

1. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/doc/157209215/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-C-F-Corominas-Joan-pdf