Italian

Adjective

maturo m ‎(feminine singular matura, masculine plural maturi, feminine plural mature)

1. ripe, mature

Related terms

• maturamente
• maturare
• maturativo
• maturità

Verb

maturo

1. first-person singular present of maturare

Anagrams

• murato

Latin

Etymology

From mātūrus ‎(“ripe, mature”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maːˈtuː.roː/

Verb

mātūrō ‎(present infinitive mātūrāre, perfect active mātūrāvī, supine mātūrātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I ripen, make ripe, bring to maturity.
2. (transitive, intransitive) I mature, ripen, soften.
3. I hasten, accelerate, despatch.
4. I precipitate, rush, make haste.

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

• English: mature
• Italian: maturare
• Portuguese: madurar
• Spanish: madurar

References

• maturo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maturo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maturo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • he starts in all haste, precipitately: properat, maturat proficisci
    
  • to quicken the pace of marching: iter maturare, accelerare
    
  • (ambiguous) the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
    

Portuguese

Verb

maturo

1. first-person singular present indicative of maturar