tártaro
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtaʁ.ta.ɾu/ [ˈtah.ta.ɾu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈtaɾ.ta.ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtaʁ.ta.ɾu/ [ˈtaχ.ta.ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtaɻ.ta.ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtaɾ.tɐ.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: tár‧ta‧ro
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tartaro, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tatar”).
Adjective
tártaro (feminine tártara, masculine plural tártaros, feminine plural tártaras, not comparable)
Derived terms
Related terms
- Tartária
- Tartaristão
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin tartarum (“tartar”).
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros)
Related terms
- tartáreo
- tartárico
- tartariforme
- tartarífugo
- tartarimetria
- tartarimétrico
- tartarímetro
- tartarinismo
- tartarizar
- tartaroso
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Alternative forms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaɾtaɾo/ [ˈt̪aɾ.t̪a.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾtaɾo
- Syllabification: tár‧ta‧ro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Persian daradi, meaning residue, excrement, because it is what remains in the wine vessel's bottom, and influenced by the Greek Tartarus, the hell's bottom.
Noun
tártaro m (plural tártaros)
- tartaric acid
- Synonym: tartrato ácido de potasio
- (dentistry) tartar
- Synonym: sarro
Derived terms
- crémor tártaro
- cristal tártaro
- sal tártara
- salsa tártara
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French tartare, from Middle French Tartar, from Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin Tartarus, from Old Turkic [script needed] (Tatar). Influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), which is from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Derived terms
- carne tártara
- tártaro de Crimea
Related terms
- Tartaria, Gran Tartaria
- Tartaristán
Further reading
- “tártaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- tártaro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es