centro

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɾu/

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of centrar

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sentro]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -entro
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro

centro (accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre
2. downtown

• centrismo
• centrista

• central

• “centro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sentro/

centro (plural centri)

1. center (US), centre (UK)

• (standard, Tuscany) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛn.tro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntro
  • Hyphenation: cèn‧tro
• (central Italy, Rome) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/[1]
  • Rhymes: -entro
  • Hyphenation: cén‧tro

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”). The nonstandard pronunciation with -é- might be due to influence of entrare.

centro m (plural centri)

1. centre, center
2. middle, midpoint
3. core, heart
4. city centre, city center, downtown

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrare

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈken.troː/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪ro]

centrō

1. dative/ablative singular of centrum

• centro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• Rhymes: -ẽtɾu
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

centro m (plural centros)

1. centre (middle of anything)

   Synonym: meio

2. center (point on a line midway between the ends)
3. downtown

• centrismo
• centrista

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsẽn̪.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -entɾo
• Syllabification: cen‧tro

Borrowed from Latin centrum[1], from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

centro m (plural centros)

1. center
2. (geometry) center
3. (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
4. middle
5. core, heart
6. (urban studies) city center, downtown
7. (soccer) cross (a pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

centro

1. first-person singular present indicative of centrar

• “centro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• contre, corten, trocen