English

Proper noun

Boro

1. (chiefly soccer and Teesside) The town of Middlesbrough, and more specifically Middlesbrough FC football club.
   • 1999, Stuart Barnes, “Boro's form keeps failing”, in (Please provide the title of the work), The Guardian:

     They created the better chances while Boro, looking every inch a troubled team, rarely looked like avoiding a third successive goalless home draw.

   • 2009, Ian Waterstone, Live Through the Dream: The Epic Journey Depicting Hull City's First Ever Season in the Top Flight of English Football, ISBN 1449027555, page 124:

     If, however, Boro let their guard slip, you can bet the Tigers will tear their guests for the day to shreds. In not one game this season have City sat back. Against Middlesbrough it will surely be no different.

   • 2009, Caspar Llewellyn Smith, “A night out with the young bard of Boro”, in (Please provide the title of the work), The Guardian:

     Last week, the man from the local paper told the 24-year-old author that in years to come the "Linny", as the pub is known, will feature prominently on "Richard Milward Tours" of Boro.

2. (soccer) Stevenage Football Club, a football team from Stevenage formerly known as Stevenage Borough Football Club
   • 2012 May 11, Chris Osborne, “Stevenage 0-0 Sheff Utd”, in BBC Sport:

     Craig Reid struck the United woodwork, while Boro goalkeeper Chris Day had to tip over a header from his own midfielder Michael Bostwick.

English

Verb

boro

1. (Jamaica) borrow

Translations

Noun

boro ‎(plural boros)

1. Alternative spelling of borough

Derived terms

• -boro

Anagrams

• boor

Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boro/

Noun

boro

1. pig

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboro/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

Noun

boro ‎(uncountable, accusative boron)

1. boron

Galician

Noun

boro m ‎(uncountable)

1. boron

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from borace ‎(“borax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ro/, [ˈbɔːr̺o]
• Hyphenation: bò‧ro

Noun

boro m

1. (chemistry) boron

Related terms

• borace
• borato
• borico

Anagrams

• orbo

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

Noun

boro

1. pig

Portuguese

Noun

boro m (plural boros)

1. boron

Related terms

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical Element): Previous: berílio. Next: carbono

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Adjective

boro

1. large

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ɾo/
• Rhymes: -oɾo

Noun

boro m ‎(uncountable)

1. boron

Derived terms

• borato m
• bórico

Related terms

• bórax

See also

• boro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Venetian

Noun

boro m (plural bori)

1. boron