# albero
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish albero.

### Noun

albero (uncountable)
* Densely packed crushed rock covering the ground where a bullfight will take place.

### Anagrams

* boreal, Arbelo, Boreal, Rabelo

## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* arbiello, ervero

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈbeɾo/
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: al‧be‧ro

### Noun

albero m (plural albers)
* esophagus, trachea

### References

* “esófago”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “albero”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Istriot
### Noun

albero m
* plant
* tree

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.be.ro/
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* Rhymes: -albero
* Hyphenation: àl‧be‧ro

### Etymology 1

From older alboro m (via dissimilation), from albore m (via masculinization of the ending), from Latin arborem f.

#### Noun

albero m (plural alberi, diminutive alberèllo or alberétto or alberìno, augmentative alberóne, pejorative alberàccio, derogatory alberùccio)
* tree (all senses)
* (nautical) mast
* shaft, spindle

##### Related terms

* alberato
* alberatura
* alberello
* albereta, albereto
* alberetto
* alberino
* arboreo
* arboreto
* arboricoltura
* albero di Natale

#### See also

* corteccia
* fusto
* radice
* ramo

### Etymology 2

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *albarus, a derivative of Latin albus (“white”).

#### Alternative forms

* albaro (regional)

#### Noun

albero m (plural alberi)
* poplar tree
    Synonym: pioppo

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

albero
* first-person singular present indicative of alberare

### References

* ↑ Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈarbor-e/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
* ↑ albero$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* albore, arbelo, lobare

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin albārius (“pertaining to the whitening of walls”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈbeɾo/ [alˈβ̞e.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: al‧be‧ro

### Adjective

albero (feminine albera, masculine plural alberos, feminine plural alberas)
* Obsolete form of albar (“white”).

### Noun

albero m (plural alberos)
* type of crushed rock applied over gardens and bullring arenas
** 2010, Antonio Ramos Espejo, Andaluzas, protagonistas a su pesar, Centro de Estudios Andaluces, page 258:Manolete, además, hace un esfuerzo supremo cada vez que pisa el albero de la plaza de Córdoba.Furthermore, Manolete undertakes a supreme effort each time he steps on the crushed rock of Cordoba’s bullring.
* (bullfighting) arena
** 2014, Francisco Soler Guevara, José Antonio Alías García, En el Umbral del Misterio:Sólo el torero de verdad cuenta con arte o tiene arte para torear. sabe ponerle sitio en el albero.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* dishrag

### Further reading

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