# dobro
## English
### Etymology

From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro (“good”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):noicon(file)

### Noun

dobro (plural dobros)
* (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
    Synonym: resonator guitar
** 2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times‎:The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

#### Derived terms

* dobroist

### Anagrams

* boord, brood, droob

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdobro]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dob‧ro

### Noun

dobro n (relational adjective dobrý)
* good
    Antonym: zlo

#### Related terms

* dobrák m
* dobročinnost f
* dobrovolník m
* dobrovolný

### Further reading

* “dobro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dobro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “dobro” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “dobro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Galician
### Verb

dobro
* first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good”).

### Adjective

dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)
* (Balkan) good
    Synonym: bueno

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔ.brɔ/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈdɔ.brɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔbrɔ
* Syllabification: do‧bro
* Homophone: Dobro

### Noun

dobro n
* (uncountable) good, goodness (state or characteristic of being good)
    Antonym: zło
* (countable, literary, chiefly in the plural) good (that which is produced, traded, bought, or sold)
* (in the plural) estate (landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government)

#### Derived terms

* z dobra woli
* dobro wspólne

### Adverb

dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)
* (Middle Polish) Synonym of dobrze

### Further reading

* dobro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.bɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.bɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.bɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdo.bɾu/ [ˈdo.βɾu]
* Hyphenation: do‧bro

#### Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)
* double

##### Coordinate terms

| Coeficiente | Substantivo | Resultado |
| 1 | único singular | |
| 2 | dobro | dupla par dueto |
| 3 | triplo | trio trinca terceto tríade |
| 4 | quádruplo | quarteto |
| 5 | quíntuplo | quinteto |
| 6 | sêxtuplo | sexteto |
| 7 | sétuplo séptuplo | septeto |
| 8 | óctuplo | octeto |
| 9 | nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal) | noneto/novena |
| 10 | décuplo | dezena |
| 11 | undécuplo | onzena/onzeno |
| 12 | duodécuplo | dúzia |
| 100 | cêntuplo | centena |
| muitos | múltiplo | |

##### Related terms

* dobrar
* dobre
* dobrador
* dobragem
* duplo
* dupla
* dublar
* dublagem

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɔ.bɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɔ.bɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɔ.bɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɔ.bɾu/ [ˈdɔ.βɾu]
* Hyphenation: do‧bro

#### Verb

dobro
* first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dǒbro/
* Hyphenation: dob‧ro

#### Noun

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
* Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

### Etymology 2

From dȍbar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dǒbro/
* Hyphenation: dob‧ro

#### Noun

dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
* good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
* good, goods (an item of merchandise)
* property, estate
* well-being, welfare, sake

##### Declension
#### Adverb

dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
* well (in a good manner)
    Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.
* properly, rightly (in a proper manner)

#### Particle

dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)
* well
    Uh... pa dobro onda. ― Uh... well then.
* all right, so be it, OK, fine
    Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro, neću! ― You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!

### Etymology 3

From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dǒbro/
* Hyphenation: dob‧ro

#### Noun

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)
* dobro (acoustic guitar)

### References

* “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdo.bro/

### Etymology 1

From the adjective dobrý.

#### Noun

dobro n
* good

#### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dobro n
* dobro

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “dobro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ̀ːbrɔ/

### Adverb

dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)
* well, good
    Antonym: slabọ̑

#### Derived terms

* predóbro

### Further reading

* “dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdobɾo/ [ˈd̪o.β̞ɾo]
* Rhymes: -obɾo
* Syllabification: do‧bro

### Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)
* dobro

### Further reading

* “dobro”, 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