tártaro

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tár‧ta‧ro === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tartaro, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tatar”). ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras) Tatar (a language of Russia) Tatar (member of the Tatar ethnic group) ==== Adjective ==== tártaro (feminine tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras, not comparable) of Tartary (the Eurasian Steppe) of Tatarstan of the Tatar language Synonyms: tartáreo, tartárico ===== Derived terms ===== molho tártaro ===== Related terms ===== Tartária Tartaristão === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Late Latin tartarum (“tartar”). ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (plural tártaros) (wine) tartar (compound deposited during wine-making) Synonyms: borra, sarro (dentistry) tartar (yellow deposit on the teeth) Synonym: odontólito ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Tártaro ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (uncountable) (Greek mythology) Tartarus === Further reading === “tártaro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tártaro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaɾtaɾo/ [ˈt̪aɾ.t̪a.ɾo] Rhymes: -aɾtaɾo Syllabification: tár‧ta‧ro === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (plural tártaros) (poetic) hell Synonym: infierno ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Persian daradi, meaning residue, excrement, because it is what remains in the wine vessel's bottom, and influenced by the Greek Tartarus, the hell's bottom. ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (plural tártaros) tartaric acid Synonym: tartrato ácido de potasio (dentistry) tartar Synonym: sarro ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from French tartare, from Middle French Tartar, from Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, from Old Turkic [script needed] (Tatar). Influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), which is from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). ==== Adjective ==== tártaro (feminine tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras) Tatar ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras) Tatar (person) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Tartaria, Gran Tartaria Tartaristán ==== Noun ==== tártaro m (uncountable) Tatar (language) === Further reading === “tártaro”, 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 tártaro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es