esmero

See also: esmeró

Galician

Verb

esmero

1. first-person singular present indicative of esmerar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Back-formation from esmerar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmɛ.ɾu/, /izˈme.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmɛ.ɾu/, /izˈme.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈmɛ.ɾu/, /iʒˈme.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmɛ.ɾo/, /izˈme.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈme.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ro

Noun

esmero m (uncountable)

1. great care, or diligence

Etymology 2

Verb

esmero

1. first-person singular present indicative of esmerar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈmeɾo/ [ezˈme.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from esmerar.

Noun

esmero m (plural esmeros)

1. great care, diligence

   Synonyms: cuidado, detenimiento, diligencia

   • 2020 March 31, Roberto Germán Fandiño Pérez, “Educar en el encierro”, in La Rioja‎^[1]:

     Internet es una herramienta maravillosa, pero sin un bagaje previo de conocimiento y sentir crítico nos desarma y abruma, y eso es una tarea que deben hacer los humanos, con libros, con ideas, con aplicaciones y con tizas, pero con pausa, con paciencia y con esmero.

     The Internet is a wonderful tool, but without prior knowledge and critical thinking it disarms and overwhelms us, and that is a job for by humans, with books, with ideas, with applications and with chalk, but with pause, with patience and with care.

Related terms

• esmerado

 

Etymology 2

Verb

esmero

1. first-person singular present indicative of esmerar

Further reading

• “esmero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28