dobro

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English

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A dobro style guitar with metal resonator.

Etymology

From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro (“good”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dobro (plural dobros)

  1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
    Synonym: resonator guitar
    • 2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdobro]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dobro n (related adjective dobrý)

  1. good
    Antonym: zlo

Declension

Declension of dobro (hard neuter reducible)
singular plural
nominative dobro dobra
genitive dobra dober
dative dobru dobrům
accusative dobro dobra
vocative dobro dobra
locative dobru dobrech
instrumental dobrem dobry

Further reading

  • “dobro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “dobro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “dobro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

Verb

dobro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Ladino

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good”).

Adjective

dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)

  1. (Balkan) good
    Synonym: bueno

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

dobro n

  1. (uncountable) good, goodness (state or characteristic of being good)
    Antonym: zło
  2. (countable, literary, chiefly in the plural) good (that which is produced, traded, bought, or sold)
  3. (in the plural) estate (landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government)

Declension

Declension of dobro
singular plural
nominative dobro dobra
genitive dobra dóbr
dative dobru dobrom
accusative dobro dobra
instrumental dobrem dobrami
locative dobru/dobrze dobrach
vocative dobro dobra

Derived terms

nouns

Adverb

dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)

  1. (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze

Further reading

  • dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. double
Coordinate terms
Coeficiente Substantivo Resultado
1 único
singular
2 dobro dupla
par
duo
3 triplo trio
trinca
terceto
tríade
4 quádruplo quarteto
5 quíntuplo quinteto
6 sêxtuplo sexteto
7 sétuplo
séptuplo 		septeto
8 óctuplo octeto
9 nônuplo (Brazil)
nónuplo (Portugal) 		noneto/novena
10 décuplo dezena
11 undécuplo onzena/onzeno
12 duodécuplo dúzia
100 cêntuplo
muitos múltiplo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Verb

dobro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Etymology 2

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
  2. good, goods (an item of merchandise)
  3. property, estate
  4. well-being, welfare, sake
Declension
Declension of dobro
singular plural
nominative dòbro dobra
genitive dòbra dobárā
dative dobru dobrima
accusative dobro dobra
vocative dobro dobra
locative dobru dobrima
instrumental dobrom dobrima

Adverb

dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. well (in a good manner)
    Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.
    Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
  2. properly, rightly (in a proper manner)

Particle

dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)

  1. well
    Uh... pa dobro onda. ― Uh... well then.
  2. all right, so be it, OK, fine
    Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro, neću! ― You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!

Etymology 3

From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References

  • “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the adjective dobrý.

Noun

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. good
Declension
Declension of dobro
singular plural
nominative dobro dobrá
genitive dobra dobier
dative dobru dobrám
accusative dobro dobrá
locative dobre dobrách
instrumental dobrom dobrami

Etymology 2

Noun

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. dobro
Declension
Declension of dobro
singular plural
nominative dobro dobrá
genitive dobra dobier
dative dobru dobrám
accusative dobro dobrá
locative dobre dobrách
instrumental dobrom dobrami

Further reading

Slovene

Pronunciation

Adverb

dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)

  1. well, good
    Antonym: slabọ̑

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdobɾo/ [ˈd̪o.β̞ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -obɾo
  • Syllabification: do‧bro

Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. dobro

Further reading

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