agrura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡɾu.ɾɐ/ [ɐˈɣɾu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧gru‧ra

Noun

agrura f (plural agruras)

1. bitterness, grief
2. difficulty, obstacle

Spanish

Etymology

From agro +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡɾuɾa/ [aˈɣ̞ɾu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: a‧gru‧ra

Noun

agrura f (plural agruras)

1. bitterness, acerbity
2. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, chiefly in the plural, Mexico) heartburn

   Synonym: acidez

Further reading

• “agrura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “agrura” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010