áspero
Meaning
- rough, scratchy, coarse (not smooth; uneven)
- harsh, rugged (e.g., climate, terrain)
- raspy, gruff, gravelly (voice)
- harsh, abrasive, sharp (tone)
Concepts
poignant
sharp-toned
Opposite of
liso
Synonyms
vino acre
borroñoso
chancaroso
pan negro
abbozzo
abozzo
raffe
revolviendo subscribiendo la facilidad
harina mal molida
ruvido
rauh
aspre
áspero
rugueux
ruwFrequency
Hyphenated as
ás‧pe‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaspeɾo/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin asperum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”). The forms of the Spanish word and its Portuguese equivalent seem to indicate that they may be semi-learned or borrowed terms (the expected normal result aspro was found on rare occasions in Old Spanish documents). However, comparing it to similar cases of phonetic development in Spanish and Ibero-Romance (cf. árboles, miércoles, níspero, etc.), the preservation of the proparoxytone quality (with stress on the antepenultimate syllable) is actually normal in this word.
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