Galician

Verb

vibro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrar

Italian

Verb

vibro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyb-, *weyp- ‎(“to oscillate, swing”). Cognate with Sanskrit वेपते ‎(vepate, “he trembles”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(vip, “to throw”), Tocharian B wip- ‎(“to shake”), Latvian veipt ‎(“a twist”), Old English wāfian ‎(“to be agitated, astonished, amazed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.broː/

Verb

vibrō ‎(present infinitive vibrāre, perfect active vibrāvī, supine vibrātum); first conjugation

1. I shake, agitate, brandish.
2. I launch, hurl.
3. I threaten.
4. I tremble, vibrate, quiver.
5. I glimmer, gleam.

Inflection

Derived terms

• vibrābilis
• vibrātiō
• vibrātus
• vībrissae

Descendants

• English: vibrate, veer
• French: vibrer, virer
• Galician: vibrar
• Italian: vibrare
• Spanish: vibrar

References

• vibro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vibro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vibro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

vibro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrar

Spanish

Verb

vibro

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