acerba

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin acerbus (sour, bitter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aˈt͡serba]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -erba
  • Hyphenation: a‧cer‧ba

Adjective

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acerba (accusative singular acerban, plural acerbaj, accusative plural acerbajn)

  1. sour or bitter
  2. (figuratively) sharp, biting

Descendants

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  • Ido: acerba

Galician

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Adjective

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acerba

  1. feminine singular of acerbo

Ido

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Etymology

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From Esperanto acerba, from Latin acerbus (sour, bitter).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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acerba

  1. sour; bitter

Italian

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Adjective

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acerba

  1. feminine singular of acerbo

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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acerbā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of acerbō

Adjective

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acerba

  1. inflection of acerbus:
    1. feminine singular nominative/vocative
    2. neuter plural nominative/accusative/vocative

Adjective

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acerbā

  1. feminine singular ablative of acerbus

References

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Portuguese

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Verb

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acerba

  1. inflection of acerbar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɾba/ [aˈθeɾ.β̞a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈseɾba/ [aˈseɾ.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɾba
  • Syllabification: a‧cer‧ba

Adjective

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acerba

  1. feminine singular of acerbo