vero
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== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin vērus (“true”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈvero/
Rhymes: -ero
Syllabification: ve‧ro
=== Noun ===
vero (accusative singular veron, plural veroj, accusative plural verojn)
truth
Synonym: vereco
reality
Synonyms: realeco, realaĵo, realo
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“vero”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“vero”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *vero, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *werᴈ. Cognate to Karelian vero, and possibly Votic vero and Veps vero.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʋero/, [ˈʋe̞ro̞]
Rhymes: -ero
Syllabification(key): ve‧ro
Hyphenation(key): ve‧ro
=== Noun ===
vero
tax (money paid to the government)
maksaa veroa/veroja ― to pay a tax/taxes
määrätä vero jollekin ― to impose a tax on something
panna jokin verolle ― to start taxing something (literally, “to put something on tax”)
joutua verolle ― to become taxable (literally, “to end up on tax”)
alentaa/nostaa veroa ― to lower/raise a tax
välttää veroja ― to avoid taxes
kiertää veroja ― to evade taxes
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
veroinen
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“vero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
rove
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin vērus (“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈve.ro/
Rhymes: -ero
Hyphenation: vé‧ro
=== Adjective ===
vero (feminine vera, masculine plural veri, feminine plural vere, superlative verissimo, adverb veramente)
true
real, genuine
Synonyms: reale, genuino
=== Noun ===
vero m (plural veri)
truth
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
vero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
ervo, vore
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
viro (Merovingian)
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈweː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.ro]
=== Alternative forms ===
(but): ů
=== Etymology 1 ===
From vērus + -ō (adverb-forming suffix).
==== Alternative forms ====
verò (early modern)
==== Adverb ====
vērō (not comparable)
verily, truly, really, doubtless, in truth, indeed
in particular, specifically
(as a postpositive) but
4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 1:23
=== Etymology 2 ===
From vērus + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
==== Verb ====
vērō (present infinitive vērāre, perfect active vērāvī, supine vērātum); first conjugation, no passive
(archaic) to tell the truth
2nd century BCE, Ennius, Annales, Book XIII (lost), verse 370; quoted by Gellius in Noctes Atticae [Attic Nights], written 159–170 CE, Book XVIII, chapter II, verse 16:
===== Conjugation =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
See vērus.
==== Adjective ====
vērō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vērus
=== 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
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin vērus (“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɛɾu
Hyphenation: ve‧ro
=== Adjective ===
vero (feminine vera, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veras)
(dated) true, real, genuine
Synonym: verdadeiro
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“vero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Rapa Nui ==
=== Verb ===
vero
throw
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbeɾo/ [ˈbe.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: ve‧ro
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Latin varius. Doublet of vario.
==== Noun ====
vero m (plural veros)
(heraldry) vair
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Latin vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).
==== Adjective ====
vero (feminine vera, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veras)
(literary, obsolete, archaic, except in the expression de veras) true, real
Synonym: verdadero
===== Related terms =====
=== Further reading ===
“vero”, 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
== Venetan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin verus.
=== Adjective ===
vero
true
== Veps ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Noun ===
vero
custom, tradition
belief, superstition
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][5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
== Volapük ==
=== Adverb ===
vero
truly