# decoro
## Catalan
### Verb

decoro
* first-person singular present indicative of decorar

## Galician
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈkoɾo/ [d̪eˈko.ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -oɾo
* Hyphenation: de‧co‧ro

#### Noun

decoro m (plural decoros)
* decorum

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈkɔɾo/ [d̪eˈkɔ.ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɾo
* Hyphenation: de‧co‧ro

#### Verb

decoro
* first-person singular present indicative of decorar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈkɔ.ro/
* Rhymes: -ɔro
* Hyphenation: de‧cò‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Latin decōrus (“becoming, proper, fitting”).

#### Adjective

decoro (feminine decora, masculine plural decori, feminine plural decore) (obsolete, literary)
* dignified, fair, elegant

### Etymology 2

From Latin decōrum (“seemliness, propriety”).

#### Noun

decoro m (plural decori)
* decorum
* dignity
* (figurative) prestige

##### Related terms

* decoroso

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French décor.

#### Noun

decoro m (plural decori)
* (theater) set, location

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

decoro
* first-person singular present indicative of decorare

### Further reading

* decoro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

## Latin
### Etymology

From decus +‎ -ō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈde.ko.roː/, [ˈd̪ɛkɔroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈde.ko.ro/, [ˈd̪ɛːkoro]

### Verb

decorō (present infinitive decorāre, perfect active decorāvī, supine decorātum); first conjugation
* to decorate, adorn, embellish, grace, beautify
    Synonyms: ōrnō, exōrnō, adōrnō, distinguō
* to honour

#### Derived terms

* dēdecorō
* indecorō

#### Descendants

* Old French: diorer (hapax)

##### Borrowings

* → French: décorer
* → Friulian: decorâ
* → Italian: decorare
* → Piedmontese: decoré
* → Portuguese: decorar
* → Romanian: decora
* → Spanish: decorar
* →⇒ English: decorate (via decoratus (past participle))

### References

* “decoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “decoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* decoro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “decorare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 26

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* decôro (pre-reform)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈko.ɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈko.ɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /deˈko.ɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨˈko.ɾu/

#### Noun

decoro m (usually uncountable, plural decoros)
* manner, decency (behaviour suitable to a social situation)
    Synonyms: decência, propriedade

##### Related terms

* decoroso

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈkɔ.ɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈkɔ.ɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /deˈkɔ.ɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨˈkɔ.ɾu/

#### Verb

decoro
* first-person singular present indicative of decorar

### Further reading

* “decoro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “decoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “decoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “decoro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈkoɾo/ [d̪eˈko.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -oɾo
* Syllabification: de‧co‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Latin decōrum.

#### Noun

decoro m (plural decoros)
* appropriateness, proper behavior
    Synonym: idoneidad

##### Related terms

* decoroso
* indecoroso

##### Further reading

* “decoro”, 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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

decoro
* first-person singular present indicative of decorar