filtro

See also: filtró and filtrò

Catalan

Verb

filtro

1. first-person singular present indicative of filtrar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tro/
• Rhymes: -iltro
• Hyphenation: fìl‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish *filtir, plural of *filt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (“felt”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *peld- (“something beaten or compressed; felt”), derived from the root *pelh₂- (“to beat; to push”).

Noun

filtro m (plural filtri)

1. filter

Derived terms

• elettrofiltro
• filtrare
• infiltrarsi
• pesafiltro
• ultrafiltro

 

See also

• feltro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin philtrum, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), derived from φιλέω (philéō, “to love; to kiss”).

Noun

filtro m (plural filtri)

1. potion, especially a love potion

   Synonym: (literary) pozione

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

filtro

1. first-person singular present indicative of filtrare

Further reading

• filtro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• filtro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• flirto, flirtò

Portuguese

Filtro de café

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfiw.tɾu/ [ˈfiʊ̯.tɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfiw.tɾu/ [ˈfiʊ̯.tɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfiw.tɾo/ [ˈfiʊ̯.tɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfil.tɾu/ [ˈfiɫ.tɾu]

• Hyphenation: fil‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum.

Noun

filtro m (plural filtros)

1. filter
   1. device for separating impurities from a fluid or other substance
   2. (figurative) self-restraint in speech

      Ela não tem filtro. ― She's got no filter.

   3. (photography) a translucent object placed in the light path of a camera
   4. any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate

      Filtro de spam. ― Spam filter.

   5. (social media) an appearance-altering digital image effect

Derived terms

• filtrar
• filtro labial
• filtro solar

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: filtru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

filtro

1. first-person singular present indicative of filtrar

Further reading

• “filtro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “filtro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiltɾo/ [ˈfil̪.t̪ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iltɾo
• Syllabification: fil‧tro

Etymology 1

Either derived or related to fieltro, or from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish *filtir, plural of *filt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (“felt”).

Noun

filtro m (plural filtros)

1. filter

Derived terms

• filtración
• filtrar
• filtro de aire (“air filter”)
• papel de filtro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

filtro

1. first-person singular present indicative of filtrar

Etymology 3

Noun

filtro m (plural filtros)

1. love potion, philter
2. philtrum

Further reading

• “filtro”, 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