Esperanto

Noun

vero ‎(accusative singular veron, plural veroj, accusative plural verojn)

1. truth

Related terms

• vera
• vere

Finnish

Noun

vero

1. tax

Declension

Derived terms

• nouns: verotus
• adjectives: verollinen, veroton
• verbs: verottaa

Compounds

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vērus ‎(“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- ‎(“true”).

Pronunciation

• véro, IPA^(key): /ˈvero/

Adjective

vero m ‎(feminine singular vera, masculine plural veri, feminine plural vere)

1. true

   Se non è vero, è ben trovato.

   If it is not true, it is a good story.

2. real, genuine

Noun

vero m ‎(plural veri)

1. truth

Related terms

• davvero
• verace
• veramente
• veridico
• verificare
• verismo
• verità
• veritiero
• verosimile

See also

• verro

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.ro/, [ˈweː.rɔ]

Adverb

vērō ‎(not comparable)

1. verily, truly, really, in truth.
2. in particular, specifically
3. (as a postpositive) but
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 1:23

     Tobias vero cum filio suo et cum uxore fugiens nudus latuit quia multi diligebant eum (But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him.)

Related terms

• vērus

Adjective

vērō

1. dative masculine singular of vērus
2. dative neuter singular of vērus
3. ablative masculine singular of vērus
4. ablative neuter singular of vērus

Verb

vēro ‎(present infinitive vērāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine forms

1. (archaic) I tell the truth.
   • Ennius, Annales, quoted by Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, XVIII, 16:

     satin vates verant aetate in agunda?

Inflection

References

• vero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be averse to truth: a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be led away from the truth: a vero abduci
    
  • (ambiguous) to be probable: a vero non abhorrere
    

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vērus ‎(“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- ‎(“true”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾu/

Adjective

vero m ‎(feminine singular vera, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veras, comparable)

1. (antiquated) true, real, genuine

Synonyms

• verdadeiro

Related terms

• deveras
• verificação
• verificar
• veracidade
• verídico
• verossímil

Rapa Nui

Verb

vero

1. throw

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin varius, or less likely from French vair.

Noun

vero m ‎(plural veros)

1. (heraldry) vair

Etymology 2

From Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- ‎(“true”).

Adjective

vero m ‎(feminine singular vera, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veras)

1. (antiquated) true, real

Synonyms

• verdadero

Related terms

• de veras
• de vero

Veps

Noun

vero

1. custom, tradition
2. belief, superstition
3. ceremony

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “обычай, поверье, традиция, церемония”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Adverb

vero

1. truly