louro

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese louro (dark coloured), from Latin laurus (laurel). Cognate with Portuguese louro.

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Adjective

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louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)

  1. dark blonde; blonde; golden
  2. black; dark brown; dark purple
    Synonyms: negro, preto
    • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:
      Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
      mais louro do que é o carbon
      hay procesos, e un tinteiro
      feito de corno de boy.
      Over the cloth of a table,
      blacker than coal,
      there are lawsuits and an inkwell
      made with ox horn

Noun

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louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

  1. laurel tree
    Synonym: loureiro
    • 1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:
      Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro
      For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil
  2. blonde person
  3. boulder, craig

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾo/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Rhymes: -owɾu
  • Hyphenation: lou‧ro

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (laurel).

Noun

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louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

  1. blond (fair haired person)
    Synonyms: (Santa Catarina, Brazil, slang) alemão, (Northeast, Brazil, slang) galego, (Paraná, Brazil, slang) polaco
    Coordinate terms: moreno, ruivo
  2. blond (pale golden brown colour)
    Synonym: fulvo
  3. laurel (plant)
    Synonyms: lauro, loureiro
  4. laurel leaf, used as food
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

Adjective

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louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)

  1. blonde (having blonde hair)
  2. blonde (blonde coloured)
    Synonyms: fúlvido, fulvo
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

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Etymology 2

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Possibly Maori nori.[1]

Noun

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louro m (plural louros)

  1. parrot
    Synonym: papagaio
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

References

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  1. ^ louro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024