avaro

• IPA^(key): [aˈvaro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ro

avaro (accusative singular avaron, plural avaroj, accusative plural avarojn)

1. avarice

From avo (“grandfather”) +‎ -aro (“collection”).

avaro (accusative singular avaron, plural avaroj, accusative plural avarojn)

1. (rare, wordplay) a collection of grandfathers

From Proto-Finnic *avara. Cognates include Finnish avara and Estonian avar.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋɑro/, [ˈɑʋɑrŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋɑːro/, [ˈɑʋˑɑːro̞]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋɑːro/, [ˈɑʋːɑːro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑro, -ɑʋɑːro
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ro

avaro (comparative avaromp)

1. spacious, roomy

Declension of avaro (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	avaro	avarot
genitive	avaron	avaroin, avaroloin
partitive	avaroa	avaroja, avaroloja
illative	avaroo	avaroihe, avaroloihe
inessive	avaroos	avarois, avarolois
elative	avarost	avaroist, avaroloist
allative	avarolle	avaroille, avaroloille
adessive	avarool	avaroil, avaroloil
ablative	avarolt	avaroilt, avaroloilt
translative	avaroks	avaroiks, avaroloiks
essive	avaronna, avaroon	avaroinna, avaroloinna, avaroin, avaroloin
exessive1)	avaront	avaroint, avaroloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 24
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 23

From Latin avārus.

• IPA^(key): /aˈva.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a‧và‧ro

avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avari, feminine plural avare, superlative avarissimo)

1. mean, stingy

• avaramente

• avarizia

avaro m (plural avari, feminine avara)

1. miser

• avaraccio

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.ro/
• Rhymes: -avaro
• Hyphenation: à‧va‧ro

avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avari, feminine plural avare)

1. Avar

avaro m (plural avari, feminine avara)

1. Avar

avaro m (uncountable)

1. (usually preceded by determinative article) Avar (language)

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

• aravo, orava

avārō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of avārus

From Latin avārus.

• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ro

avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avaros, feminine plural avaras)

1. miserly, avaricious

avaro m (plural avaros)

1. skinflint (one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:avarento

Borrowed from Latin avārus.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbaɾo/ [aˈβ̞a.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: a‧va‧ro

avaro (feminine avara, masculine plural avaros, feminine plural avaras)

1. avaricious, greedy
2. mean, stingy, miserly

   Synonyms: mezquino, roñoso, tacaño, sórdido

avaro m (plural avaros, feminine avara, feminine plural avaras)

1. miser

   Synonyms: mezquino, roñoso

• “avaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28