apertura

Spanish

noun

Definitions

opening act of making something open
(optics) aperture something which restricts the diameter of a light path
(chess) opening the first few moves
opening ceremony

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apertūra (opening).

Origin

Latin

apertūra

Gloss

opening

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

apertive English
apertometer English
apertural English
aperturate English
aperture English
apertured English
apertureless English
endoaperture English
macroaperture English
multiaperture English
nanoaperture English
subaperture English
*obertūra Latin
*opertūra Latin
apertūra Latin
apertura Italian
apertuur Dutch, Flemish
aperture French
ouverture French
abertura Spanish, Castilian
aperturar Spanish, Castilian
aperturismo Spanish, Castilian
aperturista Spanish, Castilian
reapertura Spanish, Castilian
abertura Portuguese
abertura Asturian