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

• macabramente

Further reading

• macabro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Marcabò

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French macabre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈka.bɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈka.bɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈka.bɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈka.bɾu/ [mɐˈka.βɾu]

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

Adjective

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

1. macabre (ghastly, shocking, terrifying)

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

• “macabro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10