raudo
Latvian
Adjective
raudo
- (dialectal form) vocative singular masculine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) accusative singular masculine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) instrumental singular masculine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) genitive plural masculine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) vocative singular feminine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) accusative singular feminine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) instrumental singular feminine form of raudais
- (dialectal form) genitive plural feminine form of raudais
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish rabdo, from Latin rapidus (“swift”), via voicing of intervocalic /p/ to /b/, syncope of the following vowel, and vocalization of coda /b/ to /u̯/. Cf. the evolution of Latin cubitum > Old Spanish cobdo > modern codo, where the /u̯/ was absorbed into the preceding rounded vowel.[1] Doublet of rápido, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraudo/ [ˈrau̯.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -audo
- Syllabification: rau‧do
Adjective
raudo (feminine rauda, masculine plural raudos, feminine plural raudas)
- (literary) nimble, fleet-footed, swift
- Synonym: rápido
Derived terms
References
- Lloyd 1987: 347
Further reading
- “raudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Lloyd, Paul M. 1987. From Latin to Spanish. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.
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