macabro

macabro

Italian

Etymology

    Borrowed from French macabre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈma.ka.bro/
    • Rhymes: -akabro
    • Hyphenation: mà‧ca‧bro

    Adjective

    macabro (feminine macabra, masculine plural macabri, feminine plural macabre)

    1. macabre

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • macabro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

    Anagrams

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French macabre.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈka.bɾu/ [mɐˈka.βɾu]

    • Rhymes: -abɾu
    • Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧bro

    Adjective

    macabro (feminine macabra, masculine plural macabros, feminine plural macabras)

    1. macabre (ghastly, shocking, terrifying)

    References

    1. ^ “macabro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
    2. ^ “macabro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French macabre, of uncertain origin; most commonly believed to be a corruption of the biblical name Maccabees.

    Some derive it from Arabic مَقَابِر (maqābir, “cemetery”), plural of مَقْبَرَة (maqbara).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /maˈkabɾo/ [maˈka.β̞ɾo]
    • Rhymes: -abɾo
    • Syllabification: ma‧ca‧bro

    Adjective

    macabro (feminine macabra, masculine plural macabros, feminine plural macabras)

    1. macabre

    Further reading

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