vidro

Meaning

Noun

glass (the material)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of vidrar

vidrar

1. (transitive) to glass; to glaze (to furnish with glass panes)
2. (transitive) to glaze (to apply a thin, transparent layer of coating)
3. (colloquial, intransitive) to become obsessed

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Concepts

glass

bottle

glassware

pane

plate glass

glasswork

Synonyms

copo

vidraça

Translations

vidrio

verre

vetro

Glas

glas

vidre

vitrum

γυαλί

cam

τζάμι

cam

vitre

ύαλος

veire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvi.dɾu/

Etymology

Cognate with French: verre

Cognate with Italian: vetro

Cognate with Spanish: vidrio

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from vitrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wed- (“water”).
Cognate with Galician vidro, Spanish vidrio.

Sentences

Enguia de vidro está no menu hoje ?, mas é muito caro .

Glass eel is on the menu today?, but it's too expensive.