aspro

Meaning

  1. sharp, tart (taste)
  2. sour, pungent, bitter
  3. rugged (terrain)
  4. harsh, severe
  5. strict
  6. difficult

Concepts

acrid
sharp
keen

poignant

lurid
waspish
acute
acrimonious
bitter
sour
harsh
tart
acid
astringent
racy
nasty
acerbic
insipid
spicy
stark
pointed
pungent
shrill
tasteless
rough
trenchant
lively
acidulous
rugged
salient
salty
scathing

sharp-toned

snappy
spiked
sprightly

sprited

spry
stinging
strident
subtle
sulfurous
sulphurous
tard
tasty
thin
top
🔝
unkind
vigorous
virulent
Synonyms

piccante
C1
tagliente
21k
aguzzo
acuto
C2
affilato
C2
appuntito
28k
acre
acuta
C2
acido
C1
amaro
C2
agro
rude
C2
ruvido
41k
acerbo
duro
A2
acetificato
appuntato
47k
insipido
45k

senza sapore

grossolano
47k
salato
C2
saporito
28k
selvaggio
C1
severo
C2
spiritoso
C1
gelido
21k
accidentato
agrodolce
36k
caustico
desolato
C2
discordante
gibboso
indelicato
45k
difficile
A1
mordente
pungente
20k
scabro
allegante
rozzo
C2
rugoso
Translations

herb
scharf
acre
rau
acer
scherp
streng
beißend
heftig
agudo
hart
penetrante
grell
acutus
doordringend
Frequency

30k
Hyphenated as
à‧spro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈas.pro/
Etymology

From Latin asperum (“rough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese áspero (“rough”), French âpre, Romanian aspru.

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