pero

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

From Russian перо́ (peró).

• Audio:

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pero (definite accusative peronu, plural perolar)

1. quill, pen (made from a feather)

   peronu mürəkkəbə batırmaq ― to dip the pen into the ink

• “pero” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

péro (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜍᜓ)

1. but (used as a connector)

   Synonyms: alagad, ugaring

Inherited from Spanish pero (“but”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/, [ˈpe.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro
• Homophone: perro

pero

1. but; however

• péro, píro

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛro]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero n (diminutive pérko or pírko)

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pero”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pero”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but, rather

• peru

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pero, from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but (on the contrary; but rather)

   Synonym: mais

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 222

• pro, pró

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pero, peró, from Latin per hoc (“by this”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mais

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “pero”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pero”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

pero (plural peri)

1. peer (title)

Borrowed from Russian перо (pero).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe̞ro̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/, [ˈpe̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero

1. quill
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 78:

     Assiapaperit kirjutettaa perol, a ei krandoșșiil.

     Documents are writ with a quill, and not a pencil.

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Yhteiset meil ollaa riissat - perot, krantossit ja kirjat, veel i tetretit i kartat, stoolit, lavvat, sumat, partat, klaassan seinät, klaassan maa.

     We have shared objects - quills, pencils and books, also notebooks and maps, chairs, benches, bags, desks, walls of the classroom and the floor of the classroom.

Declension of pero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pero	perot
genitive	peron	perroin, peroloin
partitive	perroa	peroja, peroloja
illative	perroo	perroi, peroloihe
inessive	peros	perois, perolois
elative	perost	peroist, peroloist
allative	perolle	peroille, peroloille
adessive	perol	peroil, peroloil
ablative	perolt	peroilt, peroloilt
translative	peroks	peroiks, peroloiks
essive	peronna, perroon	peroinna, peroloinna, perroin, peroloin
exessive1)	peront	peroint, peroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

From perä (“buttock”) +‎ -o.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe̞ro̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈperoi̯/, [ˈpe̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ero, -eroi̯
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (comparative peromp)

1. (of horses) stubborn

Declension of pero (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pero	perot
genitive	peron	perroin, peroloin
partitive	perroa	peroja, peroloja
illative	perroo	perroi, peroloihe
inessive	peros	perois, perolois
elative	perost	peroist, peroloist
allative	perolle	peroille, peroloille
adessive	perol	peroil, peroloil
ablative	perolt	peroilt, peroloilt
translative	peroks	peroiks, peroloiks
essive	peronna, perroon	peroinna, peroloinna, perroin, peroloin
exessive1)	peront	peroint, peroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “перо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 399

From Latin pirus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ro/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: pé‧ro

pero m (plural peri)

1. pear tree

• pera

• Audio (Netanya):

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Inherited from Old Spanish pero (“but”), from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Cognate with Italian però & Spanish pero.

pero (Hebrew spelling פירו)^[1]

1. but; yet

   Synonyms: ama, ma

   • 1983, Elena Romero, Repertorio de noticias sobre el mundo teatral de los sefardíes orientales‎^[3], Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press, →ISBN, page 289:

     Munchas obras de diferentes autores fueron escritas sobre este mismo suj́eto, pero aquea que nośotros empezamos la puḅlicación hoy es escrita por un maestro autor donde el material es recoǵido en los diversos tratados del Midráš.

     Many works from different authors were written about this very subject, but what we are beginning with today is the publication written by an educational author where the material is recognised in various tracts from the Midrash.

• peró

Cognate to Spanish perro.

pero m (Hebrew spelling פירו, plural peros)

1. dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)
   • 1979, Pascual Pascual Recuero, editor, Antología de cuentos sefardíes‎^[4], Ameller, →ISBN, page 115:

     […] daré a komer a tu karne a los peros i mataré a tođos los enemigos de Yisrael ke en Ṣārfáṯ.

     I shall give your meat to the dogs and I shall slay every enemy of Israel that [is] in Sharfat.

• perro

Unknown, perhaps related to pēra (“bag, satchel; wallet”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpeː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.ro]

pērō m (genitive pērōnis); third declension

1. A kind of boot made of raw hide, worn chiefly by soldiers or wagoners; a clodhopper

Third-declension noun.

• Italian: perone

• caliga

• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pero", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pero”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[5]
• “pero”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pero in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “pero”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “pero”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from English pharaoh.

pero

1. pharaoh

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Homophone: Pero
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Cognate with Old Spanish pero.

• perol

pero

1. but; yet

   Synonym: mas

   • 13th century, King Denis of Portugal, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional‎^[7]:

     pero nozir / Non mi deuia desamor

     But lovelessness should be unable to hurt me…!

• Fala: pero, peru
• Galician: pero, pro, pró
• Portuguese: pero, peró, perol

Inherited from Latin pirum. Doublet of pera.

pero m (plural peros)

1. a variety of apple

• Portuguese: pero, pêro (pre-1990 spelling)

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pero”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “pero”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “64778”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “pero”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pero”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese pero.

pero

1. but; yet

   Synonym: mas

   • 1492, Diego de San Pedro, Cárcel de Amor 151:

     Lo cual yo no niego, pero atrevime a ello pensando que me harías merced no segund quien la pedía, mas segund tú, que la haviés de dar

     This I deny not, but I dared to do it thinking that you would forgive me, not because of who was asking for forgiveness, but because it is proper of you, who had to do it.

• Ladino: pero, פירו
• Spanish: pero
  • > Chavacano: pero (inherited)
  • → Rapa Nui: pero
  • → Tagalog: pero
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pero, poro

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “pero”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 391

Derived from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Mi gusta e kas aki, pero e ta muchu karu.

   I like this house, but it's too expensive.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pero, from Latin pirum.

• pêro (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -eɾu
• Homophone: Pero
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero m (plural peros)

1. a variety of apple, the fruit of the pereiro

   Synonym: maçã

2. a small variety of pear
3. (informal) a punch

   Synonyms: murro, soco

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pero, from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• peró, perol

• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero (obsolete, Early Modern)

1. (possibly Castilianism) but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause)

   Synonyms: mas, porém, contudo

   • 1540, João de Barros, Grammatica da Lingua Portuguesa, page 13:

     Nome próprio, ę aquelle que se nam póde atribuir a mais que a hũa só cousa:como este nome, Lisboa, por ser próprio desta çidade, e nam conuem a Roma: nẽ ô de Cęsar, a Cipiam, peró se dissęrmos çidade, que ę gęral nome a todas, em tam será comũ.

     A proper name is that which cannot be attributed to more than one thing: like this name, Lisbon, for it is proper to this city, and doesn't suit Rome: neither Caesar's to Scipio, but if we say ‘city’, which is a general name for all of them, then it shall be [a] common [name].

2. even if (indicates that the preceding clause is true regardless of the following clause)

   Synonyms: ainda que, mesmo que

• “pero”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pero”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pero”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “pero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “pero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

pero

1. but

• Generally used in favor of complex native grammar used to achieve the same ends.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pěro/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pèro n (Cyrillic spelling пѐро)

1. feather, plume
2. pen, quill (for writing)

   čov(j)ek od pera ― a man of letters

3. (figuratively) author, writer
4. plectrum

   Synonyms: plèktrōn, tȑzalica

5. flange of a mace head

• perad
• pȇrje
• pèrnat
• pérnica
• nalivpero

• “pero”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /perɔ/, [ˈperɔ]
• Rhymes: -erɔ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro

pero n

1. feather
2. pen (writing instrument)

• “pero”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

From Proto-Slavic *pero.

• IPA^(key): /pɛróː/

perọ̑ n

1. feather

Declension of pero (neuter, s-stem)
nom. sing.	pero
gen. sing.	peresa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pero	peresi	peresa
accusative	pero	peresi	peresa
genitive	peresa	peres	peres
dative	peresu	peresoma	peresom
locative	peresu	peresih	peresih
instrumental	peresom	peresoma	peresi

• perutnina
• perutničke

• “pero”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Inherited from Old Spanish pero (“but”), from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”). Compare Italian però, Old Franco-Provençal enperoi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpe.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero

1. but

   Synonym: mas

   Mi casa es pequeña, pero cómoda.

   My house is small, but comfortable.

2. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)
3. expresses surprise

   ¿¡Pero qué!? ― Huh!?

   ¿¡Pero qué haces!? ― What the hell are you doing!?

   ¿¡Pero tú estás tonto!? ― Are you dumb!?

• > Chavacano: pero (inherited)
• → Rapa Nui: pero
• → Tagalog: pero
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pero, poro

• sino

pero m (plural peros)

1. but (restriction)

pero

1. first-person singular present indicative of perar

• “pero”, 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

• peor

Borrowed from Spanish pero, from Old Spanish pero (“but”), from Late Latin per hoc (“for this reason”, literally “through this”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾo/ [ˈpɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧ro

pero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

1. but

   Synonyms: kaso, ngunit, subalit, bagamat, datapwat

   Kumain na ako pero hindi pa sila.

   I already ate but they haven't yet.

pero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜓ) (dialectal, Pangasinan)

1. though

   Kumain na ako pero.

   I already ate though.

• poro

Borrowed from Spanish pero.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɾo], [ˈpoɾo]

pero

1. but

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[8] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano; Secretaría de Educación Pública, published 1971, pages 76, 176

From Spanish perro (“dog”).

pero

1. dog

• de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643