maduro

See also: maduró and Maduro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maduro. Doublet of mature.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈdʊ.ɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

maduro (plural maduros)

1. A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.

Coordinate terms

• claro
• colorado
• double claro
• colorado claro
• colorado maduro
• double maduro
• oscuro

Anagrams

• Damour, d'Amour

Catalan

Verb

maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maduro.

Adjective

maduro

1. ripe

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese maduro, from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdu.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdu.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈdu.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdu.ɾu/ [mɐˈðu.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro

Adjective

maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)

1. ripe
2. mature, of relatively old age (said of people)

Etymology 2

Verb

maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈduɾo/ [maˈð̞u.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧du‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish maduro, from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, mature”).

Adjective

maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)

1. ripe
2. mature, of relatively old age (said of people)

Derived terms

• a las duras y a las maduras

 

Noun

maduro m (plural maduros)

1. (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador) Ellipsis of plátano maduro (“a ripe plantain”).

Etymology 2

Verb

maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Further reading

• “maduro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014