sparo

See also: sparò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: spà‧ro

Etymology 1

Noun

sparo m (plural spari)

1. (firearms) shot, gunshot (from a gun)

   Synonyms: fucilata, schioppettata

2. (firearms) the sound of a shot
3. silver bream (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sparo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sparare

Anagrams

• aspro, parso, prosa, raspo, raspò, sapro-, saprò, sopra, sopra-, spora

Latin

Noun

sparō

1. dative/ablative singular of sparus

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, related to Old English spearwa, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa).

Noun

sparo m

1. sparrow

Descendants

• Middle High German: sparwe, spare, spar
  • Alemannic German: Spar
  • ⇒ Middle High German: spaz, spatze (diminutive)
    • Alemannic German: Spatz, Schpatz
    • Bavarian: Spåtz
    • German: Spatz
      • → Luxembourgish: Spatz
• ⇒ Old High German: sperilig
  • Middle High German: sperlinc
    • German: Sperling
    • Yiddish: שפּערל (shperl)