# centro
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsen.tɾu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsen.tɾo]

### Verb

centro
* first-person singular present indicative of centrar

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sentro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -entro
* Hyphenation: cen‧tro

### Noun

centro (accusative singular centron, plural centroj, accusative plural centrojn)
* center (US), centre (UK)

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Borrowed from French centre.

### Noun

centro m (plural centros) (ORB, broad)
* centre

#### Derived terms

* centrar

### References

* centre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* centro in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθen̪.t̪ɾʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθen̪.t̪ɾʊ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsen̪.t̪ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -entɾo
* Hyphenation: cen‧tro

### Noun

centro m (plural centros)
* centre
* downtown

#### Derived terms

* centrismo
* centrista

#### Related terms

* central

### Further reading

* “centro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sentro/

### Noun

centro (plural centri)
* center (US), centre (UK)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* (standard, Tuscany) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛn.tro/
** Rhymes: -ɛntro
** Hyphenation: cèn‧tro
* (central Italian, Rome) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/
** Rhymes: -entro
** Hyphenation: cén‧tro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”). The nonstandard pronunciation with -é- might be due to influence of entrare.

#### Noun

centro m (plural centri)
* centre, center
* middle, midpoint
* core, heart
* city centre/city center, downtown

##### Related terms

* accentrare
* centrafricano
* centrale
* centrare
* centratura
* centrifuga
* centrismo
* centrista
* centro commerciale
* centro-
* centrodestra
* centrosinistra
* centrosoma
* centrotavola
* concentrare
* decentrare
* incentrare

##### Descendants

* → Sardinian: tzentru

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

centro
* first-person singular present indicative of centrare

### References

* ↑ centro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈken.troː/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪roː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃen.tro/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪ro]

### Noun

centrō
* dative/ablative singular of centrum

### References

* centro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Lithuanian
### Noun

ceñtro
* genitive singular of ceñtras (“centre”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsẽ.tɾu/
* Rhymes: -ẽtɾu
* Hyphenation: cen‧tro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

#### Noun

centro m (plural centros)
* centre (middle of anything)
    Synonym: meio
* center (point on a line midway between the ends)
* downtown
* (Brazil) An Umbanda house of worship or temple
    Synonym: terreiro

##### Derived terms

* centrão
* centrismo
* centrista

##### Related terms

* central
* centralizar
* centrar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

centro
* first-person singular present indicative of centrar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθentɾo/ [ˈθẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsentɾo/ [ˈsẽn̪.t̪ɾo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -entɾo
* Syllabification: cen‧tro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

#### Noun

centro m (plural centros)
* (general) center
* (geometry) center
* (politics) center, moderate tendencies or ideas
* middle
* core, heart
    Synonym: medio
* (urban studies) city center, downtown
* (soccer) cross (a pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch)

##### Derived terms

* centrar
* centrismo
* centrista
* centro comercial
* centro de alumnos
* centro de autoacceso
* centro de estudiantes
* centro de estudios
* centro de flores
* centro de gravedad
* centro de la nada
* centro de mesa
* centro de salud
* centro de sílaba
* centro de simetría
* centro derecha
* centro izquierda
* centro penitenciario
* centro recreativo

##### Related terms

* central
* céntrico

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

centro
* first-person singular present indicative of centrar

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “centro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “centro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* contre, corten, trocen