puro

Meaning

  1. (comparable) pure (free of pollutants)
  2. (comparable) pure; flawless (free of flaws or imperfections)
  3. (comparable) pure; clean (free of immoral behaviour)
  4. (Brazil, comparable, slang) sober (not under the influence of any recreational drug)

Opposite of
impuro, contaminado, imperfeito, sujo, chapado
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpu.ɾu/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese puro, from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).

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