macabro

Italian

Etymology

    Borrowed from French macabre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈma.ka.bro/
    • Rhymes: -akabro
    • Hyphenation: mà‧ca‧bro

    Adjective

    macabro (feminine macabra, masculine plural macabri, feminine plural macabre)

    1. macabre

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “macabro”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Anagrams

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Borrowed from French macabre.[1][2]

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈka.bɾu/
       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈka.bɾu/ [mɐˈka.βɾu]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈka.bɾu/

      • Rhymes: -abɾu
      • Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧bro

      Adjective

      macabro (feminine macabra, masculine plural macabros, feminine plural macabras)

      1. macabre (ghastly, shocking, terrifying)

      References

      1. ^ “macabro”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
      2. ^ “macabro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

      Further reading

      Spanish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French macabre, of uncertain origin; most commonly believed to be a corruption of the biblical name Maccabees.

      Some derive it from Arabic مَقَابِر (maqābir, “cemetery”), plural of مَقْبَرَة (maqbara).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /maˈkabɾo/ [maˈka.β̞ɾo]
      • Rhymes: -abɾo
      • Syllabification: ma‧ca‧bro

      Adjective

      macabro (feminine macabra, masculine plural macabros, feminine plural macabras)

      1. macabre

      Further reading

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