dobro

From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro (“good”).

dobro (plural dobros)

1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
   • 2007, January 21, “Nate Chinen”, in Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels‎:

     The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

• boord, brood, droob

From Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdobro]

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• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

dobro n

1. good

• zlo n

• dobrák m
• dobrovolník m
• dobročinnost f
• dobrý m
• dobrovolný m

• dobro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• dobro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good”).

dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)

1. good

   Synonym: bueno

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.brɔ/

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dobro n

1. (singular only) good
2. (usually in plural) a good
3. (plural only) estate, landed property

• (good): zło

• dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

• dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.βɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/
• Hyphenation: do‧bro

dobro m (plural dobros)

1. double

• dobrar
• dobre

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.βɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/
• Hyphenation: do‧bro

dobro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of dobrar

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

From dȍbar.

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. property, estate
2. well-being, welfare, sake

From dȍbar.

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. well

From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bro/

From the adjective dobrý.

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. good

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

1. dobro

• dobro in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̀ːbrɔ/

dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)

1. well, good

   Antonym: slabọ̑

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