English

Proper noun

Dobro

1. A type of acoustic guitar with a metal resonator set into its body.

Synonyms

• Hawaiian guitar
• resonator guitar
• resophonic guitar

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Dobro
• www.gibson.com, owners of the Dobro trademark

Anagrams

• brood

English

Noun

dobro ‎(plural dobros)

1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
   • 2007, January 21, “Nate Chinen”, in Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels:

     The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

Anagrams

• brood

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdobro]
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dobro n

1. good

Declension

Antonyms

• zlo n

Related terms

• dobrák m
• dobrovolník m
• dobročinnost f
• dobrý m
• dobrovolný m

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʼd̪ɔbɾɔ/

Noun

dobro n

1. (singular only) good
2. (usually in plural) a good
3. (plural only) estate, landed property

Declension

Antonyms

• (good): zło

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.βɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/
• Hyphenation: do‧bro

Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)

1. double

Related terms

• dobrar
• dobre

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.βɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/
• Hyphenation: do‧bro

Verb

dobro

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m ‎(Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Etymology 2

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro n ‎(Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. property
2. well-being, welfare

Declension

Etymology 3

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Adverb

dòbro ‎(Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. well

Etymology 4

From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m ‎(Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References

• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bro/

Etymology 1

From the adjective dobrý.

Noun

dobro n ‎(genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, declension pattern of mesto)

1. good

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

dobro n ‎(genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, declension pattern of mesto)

1. dobro

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ̀ːbrɔ/
• Tonal orthography: dóbro

Adverb

dôbro ‎(comparative bólje or bóljše, superlative nàjbólje or nàjbóljše)

1. well, good

Antonyms

• slabó

Derived terms

• predôbro