hiro

See also: hirō and Hirō

Acehnese

Etymology

Likely cognate with Malay hirau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hirɔ/

Verb

hiro

1. to care or be concerned about something.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiɾo/ [hi.ɾo] (Navarro-Lapurdian)
• IPA^(key): /iɾo/ [i.ɾo] (Southern)
• Rhymes: -iɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: hi‧ro

Verb

hiro

1. familiar second-person singular, with third-person singular direct object, hypothetic consequential indicative of -iro-

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiɾoʔ/ [ˈhi.ɾoʔ], /hiˈɾoʔ/ [hiˈɾoʔ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiɾoʔ/ [ˈʔi.ɾoʔ], /ʔiˈɾoʔ/ [ʔiˈɾoʔ] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧ro

Noun

hirò or hirô (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜍᜓ)

1. movement; motion
2. jerk (sudden motion)
3. fidget, restlessness

   Synonym: rawraw

Derived terms

• hiro-hiro
• hiruon
• maghiro
• mahiro

Japanese

Romanization

hiro

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひろ

Old Dutch

Pronoun

hiro

1. genitive/dative of siu

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhiɾo/ [ˈhiː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: hi‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish giro, from Latin gȳrus (“circle”), borrowed from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-.

Noun

hiro (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜓ)

1. gyration; rotation

   Synonyms: inog, ikot, rotasyon

2. turn or new development of an affair or event

   Synonyms: takbo ng mga pangyayari, pinaglabsan, kinahantungan

Related terms

• hira
• hirado
• hiralda
• hiraldilya
• hirandula
• hirasol
• hiratoryo
• hiroskopiko
• hiroskopyo
• hirupostal

See also

• hilo

Etymology 2

Noun

hiro (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜓ)

1. alternative form of hero

Further reading

• “hiro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina [Hispanicisms in Tagalog: dictionary of words of Spanish origin still used in this Philippine language], Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana [Office of Ibero-American Education], page 303