ogro

Borrowed from French ogre. Doublet of orcino and orko.

• IPA^(key): [ˈoɡro]
• Rhymes: -oɡro
• Hyphenation: o‧gro

ogro (accusative singular ogron, plural ogroj, accusative plural ogrojn)

1. (folklore, mythology) ogre

• ogre (European)

Borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).

ogro m (plural ogros, feminine ogra, feminine plural ogras)

1. ogre (brutish giant)

   Synonyms: papão, bicho-papão

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɡɾo/ [ˈo.ɣ̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɡɾo
• Syllabification: o‧gro

ogro m (plural ogros, feminine ogresa, feminine plural ogresas)

1. (fantasy, folklore, mythology) ogre
2. fiend, brute

   Synonyms: bruto, violento

3. crank

   Synonyms: antipático, huraño

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