acerbo

== Galician == === Etymology === From Latin acerbus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾbo Hyphenation: a‧cer‧bo === Adjective === acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas) acerbic ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “acerbo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “acerbo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin acerbus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛr.bo/ Rhymes: -ɛrbo Hyphenation: a‧cèr‧bo === Adjective === acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbi, feminine plural acerbe, superlative acerbissimo) unripe, premature acerbic, sour, bitter, harsh, crude hard, severe ==== Derived terms ==== acerbamente ==== Related terms ==== acerbità === Further reading === acerbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === bacerò, borace, orbace == Latin == === Etymology === From acerbus (“harsh, bitter”) +‎ -ō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkɛr.boː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛr.bo] === Verb === acerbō (present infinitive acerbāre, perfect active acerbāvī, supine acerbātum); first conjugation (transitive) to make harsh or bitter, embitter (transitive) to augment or aggravate something disagreeable, make worse, exacerbate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: acerbate, exacerbate → Translingual: Acerbas === References === “acerbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acerbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “acerbo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin acerbus. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Adjective ==== acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas) acerbic (bitter to the taste) ===== Derived terms ===== acerbamente ===== Related terms ===== acerbidade ==== Further reading ==== “acerbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== acerbo first-person singular present indicative of acerbar ==== Further reading ==== “acerbo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin acerbus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈθeɾbo/ [aˈθeɾ.β̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /aˈseɾbo/ [aˈseɾ.β̞o] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾbo Syllabification: a‧cer‧bo === Adjective === acerbo (feminine acerba, masculine plural acerbos, feminine plural acerbas) acerb (bitter to the taste) acerbic (sour or bitter) biting, scathing, acerbic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “acerbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025