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Guerra

Guerra

See also: guerra and guèrra

Spanish

Proper noun

Guerra ?

  1. A surname.

guerra

guerra

See also: Guerra and guèrra

Asturian

Noun

guerra f (plural guerres)

  1. war

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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)

  1. war

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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)

  1. war

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Interlingua

Noun

guerra

  1. war

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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)

  1. war, warfare

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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)

  1. war

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Descendants


Portuguese

Guerra

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

Noun

guerra f (plural guerras)

  1. war (organised, large-scale armed conflict)
  2. (uncountable) war; warfare (the waging of war)
  3. (figuratively) war (any large-scale conflict)

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Antonyms

  • (warfare): paz

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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)

  1. war

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)

  1. war

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)

  1. war, warfare
    La guerra entre los Estados Unidos e Irak
    The war between the United States and Iraq

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