boro

boro

1. (Jamaica) borrow

boro (plural boros)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of borough.

• -boro

• OBOR, boor, broo, robo, robo-

• IPA^(key): /boro/

boro

1. pig

Chemical element (edit)
B Atomic number 5 boro
Classification data Period 2 Group 13 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← berilio (Be)
Next: karbono (C) →

• IPA^(key): /boɾo/ [bo.ɾo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro inan

1. boron

• “boro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “boro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

Cognate with Aneme Wake boro and Muduapa boro

boro

1. pig

• René van den Berg and Brent Wiebe, Bola Grammar Sketch

From Proto-Mongolic *böxere, from Proto-Turkic *bögür.

Compare Mongolian бөөр (böör), Turkish böbrek.

• IPA^(key): /poˈro/

boro

1. kidney

From Proto-Mongolic *bora, from Proto-Turkic *boŕ.

Compare Mongolian бор (bor), Turkish boz.

• IPA^(key): /poˈro/

boro

1. grey
2. dark

Perhaps the same as the second etymology.

• IPA^(key): /poˈro/, /ˈporo/

boro

1. heathen

Chemical element (edit)
B Atomic number 5 boro
Classification data Period 2 Group 13 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← berilio (Be)
Next: karbono (C) →

• IPA^(key): /ˈboro/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: bo‧ro

boro (uncountable, accusative boron)

1. boron

• “boro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “boro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Proto-Central Pacific *poro (“genus Solanum”). Initially proposed to go further back to Proto-Oceanic *mpodo, however, recent research by the The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic suggests these Solanum species were introduced post-European contact. Compare with Proto-Polynesian *polo.^[1]

boro

1. nightshade (any plant of the genus Solanum) or similar edible shrubs

   Na boro e dau vakasavasavataki ka qai vavi me kena na kakana dina.

   Solanum plants are usually cleaned and then cooked with staple foods.

2. (Lau, by extension) greens (any green vegetable)

   Nanuma mo kania na boro me baleti na bula vinaka.

   Always remember to eat your greens for good health.

Traditionally an important part of the Fijian diet, this plant is now largely been replaced in favour bele and tubua and to a lesser degree by European vegetables (English cabbage) and Asian greens (Chinese cabbage, mustard greens). Traditionally prepared by steaming, but now more commonly by boiling.

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “boro”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[2], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 26

boro m or f

1. alternative spelling of bôrô (“enough”)

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

• booro

Borrowed from English ball.

boro

1. ball

• Bingham, Hiram; Sabatier, Father Ernest with Luomala, Goo, and Banner (1978–), “butiboro”, in Trussel, Stephen, Groves, Gordon W., compilers, A Combined Kiribati–English Online Dictionary‎^[3]

Borrowed from Venetan boro, from borro, borra (“round object”).

boro m

1. penny, cent
2. (in the plural) money

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 152
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC

Chemical element (edit)
B Atomic number 5 boro
Classification data Period 2 Group 13 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← berillio (Be)
Next: carbonio (C) →

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: bò‧ro

Internationalism, first attested as French bore, and later English boron. Ultimately akin to Italian borace (“borax”).

boro m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) boron

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

boro m (plural bori)

1. (Romanesco, colloquial) chav (a youngster usually perceived as having poor education and wearing expensive clothing)

   Coordinate terms: pariolino, burino, coatto

• orbo, orbò

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːro]

boro

1. gebang palm

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “boro”, in Lamboya word list‎^[5], Leiden: LexiRumah

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

boro

1. pig

bòro f

1. definite singular of bòru

Chemical element (edit)
B Atomic number 5 boro
Classification data Period 2 Group 13 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← berílio (Be)
Next: carbono (C) →
Portuguese Wikipedia article on Boro

• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro m (plural boros)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) boron
2. an atom of boron

• “boro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “boro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

boro

1. large

Chemical element (edit)
B Atomic number 5 boro
Classification data Period 2 Group 13 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← berilio (Be)
Next: carbono (C) →

From bórax, influenced by similar formations in other European languages (compare English boron, French bore).

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾo/ [ˈbo.ɾo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧ro

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

• boro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• “boro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From English bore (“to make a hole”).

• IPA^(key): /boɾo/, [bʊ̞ɾʊ̞], [bɔ̝ɾɔ̝]

boro

1. to bore
2. to cut in line
3. to intrude (on a party) uninvited

boro

1. drill (instrument)
2. bore
3. hole, leak

boro

1. having holes, leaky
2. (of a guest) uninvited

Borrowed from Spanish boro.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboɾo/ [ˈboː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧ro

boro (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ)

1. (chemistry) boron

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷose.

• IPA^(key): /ᵐboro/

boro

1. parrotfish (Scaridae spp.)

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry boro.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry boro.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

From Proto-North Halmahera *boro (“egg”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo.ɾo]

boro (Jawi بورو)

1. an egg

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

boro m (plural bori)

1. boron