guerra
Portuguese
/ˈɡɛ.ʁɐ/, /ˈɡɛ.ha/
noun
Definitions
- war organised, large-scale armed conflict
- (uncountable) war; warfare the waging of war
- (figurative) war any large-scale conflict
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese guerra inherited from Latin *werra derived from Frankish *werra, *werru (riot, disturbance, quarrel, confusion) derived from Proto-Germanic *werrō (disarray, confusion, conflict, mixture, strife, mix-up, turmoil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wers-
Gloss
confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雄
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- European War English
- Pacific War English
- afterwar English
- airwar English
- anti-war English
- counterwar English
- cyberwar English
- ecowar English
- flame war English
- gunstock war club English
- hot war English
- iWar English
- infowar English
- interwar English
- miniwar English
- netwar English
- nonwar English
- outwar English
- post-war English
- pre-war English
- prewar English
- pro-war English
- prowar English
- war English
- war golok English
- war-horn English
- war-ridden English
- warbag English
- warband English
- warbird English
- warblog English
- warblogger English
- warbot English
- warbow English
- warchalk English
- warclub English
- warcore English
- warcraft English
- wardialer English
- wardom English
- wardrive English
- wardriving English
- warfare English
- warfighter English
- warfighting English
- warfront English
- warful English
- wargamer English
- wargaming English
- warhead English
- warhorse English
- warlady English
- warless English
- warlight English
- warlike English
- warling English
- warlord English
- warly English
- warmaker English
- warman English
- warmate English
- warmonger English
- warmouth English
- warnik English
- warpath English
- warplane English
- warpower English
- warproof English
- warrest English
- warreth English
- warring English
- warrish English
- warship English
- warsome English
- warspeak English
- wartime English
- warwagon English
- warwalking English
- warwood English
- warworn English
- *guerra Latin
- *werra Latin
- *werra, *guerra Latin
- guerra Latin
- la, *werra Latin
- varix Latin
- verres Latin
- verro Latin
- verruca Latin
- verrūca Latin
- werra Latin
- anteguerra Italian
- dopoguerra Italian
- guerra Italian
- guerraiolo Italian
- guerreggiare Italian
- guerresco Italian
- guerriglia Italian
- avant-guerre French
- cyberguerre French
- guerre French
- guerrier French
- guerroyer French
- ciberguerra Spanish, Castilian
- guerra Spanish, Castilian
- guerrear Spanish, Castilian
- guerrero Spanish, Castilian
- guerrilla Spanish, Castilian
- guerrista Spanish, Castilian
- posguerra Spanish, Castilian
- ἔρρω Ancient Greek
- *h₁elk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- ciberguerra Portuguese
- guerrear Portuguese
- pré-guerra Portuguese
- *wartǭ Proto-Germanic
- *werrō Proto-Germanic
- ऋषभ Sanskrit
- werre Middle English
- *vorxъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrxъ Proto-Slavic
- guere Old French
- guerreier Old French
- VukoWAR Serbo-Croatian
- guerra Galician
- gira Cebuano
- werra Old High German
- vērsis Latvian
- gera Tagalog
- giyera Tagalog
- warla Tagalog
- warlahin Tagalog
- guerre Middle French
- *werra Old Dutch
- guerra Old Portuguese
- *werros Proto-Celtic
- *wes Proto-Celtic
- werra Old Saxon
- gwerra Maltese
- guerra Asturian
- съврьшити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vuere Friulian
- *werra, *werru Frankish
- guerra Old Occitan
- guerra Sicilian
- guera Papiamentu
- woa Tok Pisin
- gerra Basque
- *wiršus Proto-Balto-Slavic
- géra Kabuverdianu
- guârre Bourguignon
- viera Ladin
- gherra Sardinian
- guiera Istriot
- gueria Guinea-Bissau Creole
- werre ONF.
- gera Yogad
- waragi Ganda