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Guerra
guerra
guerra
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Noun
guerra f (plural guerres)
Antonyms
- (war): pau
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Noun
guerra f (plural guerras)
Antonyms
- (war): paz
Italian
Etymology
From Old Italian guerra, from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”) from Proto-Germanic *werrō (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Related to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) (German verwirren (“to confuse”)), Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), Old English wyrsa, wiersa (“worse”). More at worse, wurst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡwɛr.ra/, [ˈɡwɛr̺r̺ä]
- Hyphenation: guèr‧ra
Noun
guerra f (plural guerre)
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Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.ra/
Noun
guerra f (plural guerras)
Antonyms
- (war): paz
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese guerra, gerra, from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werrō (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Related to Spanish guerra, Italian guerra, French guerre and English war.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.ha/
Noun
guerra f (plural guerras)
- war (organised, large-scale armed conflict)
- (uncountable) war; warfare (the waging of war)
- (figuratively) war (any large-scale conflict)
Synonyms
- (conflict): conflito
Antonyms
- (warfare): paz
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Romansch
Alternative forms
- uiara (Sursilvan)
- veara, gueara (Sutsilvan)
- ghera (Surmiran)
Etymology
From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Noun
guerra f (plural guerras)
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”) from Proto-Germanic *werrō (“confusion, disarray”). Compare Italian guerra, Neapolitan uerra.
Pronunciation
- (Trapani) IPA(key): [ˈɡwɛʐʐa]
- Hyphenation: guèr‧ra
Noun
guerra f (plural guerri)
Antonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Compare Portuguese guerra, Italian guerra, French guerre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡera/
Noun
guerra f (plural guerras)
Synonyms
- conflicto bélico, choque, combate, conflagración, conflicto, contienda, cruzada, enfrentamiento, guerrilla, hostilidades, lid, lucha, ofensiva, pelea, refriega