# poltrona
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pulˈtɾo.nə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [polˈtɾo.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [polˈtɾo.na]

### Noun

poltrona f (plural poltrones)
* armchair, easy chair
    Synonyms: butaca, cadiral

### Further reading

* “poltrona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From poltrono +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [polˈtrona]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: pol‧tro‧na

### Adjective

poltrona (accusative singular poltronan, plural poltronaj, accusative plural poltronajn)
* (literary, rare) cowardly
** 1965, Kálmán Kalocsay, transl., La tragedio de l'homo, Imre Madách:Mi ne kondamnas tiun ĉi poltronan popolon, ĝi ne estas kulpa, ĝia naturo estas, ke ĝin la mizero brulstampu sklavo.I don't condemn this cowardly people, they are not to blame, their nature is to be branded a slave by misery.
** 1999, William Auld, interviewed by Aleksander Korĵenkov in La Ondo de Esperanto:
    Cetere, pseŭdonimeco en certaj cirkonstancoj estas tolerebla (ekzemple ĉe Zamenhof) — sed kiam aŭtoro kaŝas sin pseŭdonime por sin savi de pravaj riproĉoj kaj eventualaj reagoj, tio estas anonimeco kovarda kaj poltrona.Additionally, pseudonymity in certain circumstances is tolerable (for example in Zamenhof's case) — but when an author hides behind a pseudonym to save themselves from just reproaches and potential reactions, that sort of anonymity is low and cowardly.
** 2010, Baldur Ragnarsson, “La grimpo”, in La fontoj nevideblaj:"Jes, tie la vojo," diris la gvidisto[...] "por ĝin laŭiri nepras la persisto kaj ne hazardaj paŝoj de poltrona drivo.""Yes, there's the road," said the guide[...] "to follow it requires persistence and not random steps of a cowardly drift.

#### Synonyms

* malkuraĝa

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English poltroon, French poltron.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /polˈtrona/

### Adjective

poltrona
* cowardly, dastardly, chicken-hearted

#### Synonyms

* deskurajoza

#### Derived terms

* poltrono (“coward, poltroon, skulker”)
* poltroneso (“cowardice”)
* poltronajo (“cowardly action”)

### See also

* feblanma

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /polˈtro.na/
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧na

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

poltrona f sg
* feminine singular of poltrone

#### Noun

poltrona f (plural poltrone)
* female equivalent of poltrone (“lazy woman”)
    Synonyms: pigra, indolente, oziosa

### Etymology 2

From poltro (“bed”).

#### Noun

poltrona f (plural poltrone)
* (furniture) armchair, easy chair
* (theater) seat (especially in the first rows)
* (figurative) prestigious position

##### Descendants

* → Greek: πολυθρόνα (polythróna)
* → Portuguese: poltrona
* → Spanish: poltrona

##### See also

* bracciolo (“arm of a chair”)
* sedia (“chair”)

### References

* ↑ poltrona in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

### Pronunciation

* (Portugal) IPA: /polˈtɾo.nɐ/ [poɫˈtɾo.nɐ], /pɔlˈtɾo.nɐ/ [pɔɫˈtɾo.nɐ], /pulˈtɾo.nɐ/ [puɫˈtɾo.nɐ]
* Hyphenation: pol‧tro‧na

### Noun

poltrona f (plural poltronas)
* armchair
    Synonym: cadeirão

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poltrona.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /polˈtɾona/ [pol̪ˈt̪ɾo.na]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Syllabification: pol‧tro‧na

### Noun

poltrona f (plural poltronas)
* armchair
    Synonyms: sillón, butaca

### Adjective

poltrona
* feminine singular of poltrón

### Further reading

* “poltrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014