adverso

See also: adversó

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin advertō

Latin adversusbor.

Galician adverso

Borrowed from Latin adversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˈbɛɾso/ [að̞ˈβ̞ɛɾ.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾso
• Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧so

Adjective

adverso (feminine adversa, masculine plural adversos, feminine plural adversas)

1. adverse

   Synonyms: desfavorábel, desfaborable

Derived terms

• adversamente

Related terms

• adversidade

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adverso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “adverso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “adverso”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Ido

Etymology

From adversa +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˈver.so/

Noun

adverso (plural adversi)

1. adversary, opponent

   Synonym: opozanto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈwɛr.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [adˈvɛr.so]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin advertō

Latin adversus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin adversō

From adversus + -tō.

Verb

adversō (present infinitive adversāre, perfect active adversāvī, supine adversātum); first conjugation

1. to apply the mind, direct the attention

   Synonyms: intendō, attendō, advertō, animadvertō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adversō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adversō		adversās		adversat		adversāmus		adversātis		adversant
	imperfect	adversābam		adversābās		adversābat		adversābāmus		adversābātis		adversābant
	future	adversābō		adversābis		adversābit		adversābimus		adversābitis		adversābunt
	perfect	adversāvī		adversāvistī		adversāvit		adversāvimus		adversāvistis		adversāvērunt, adversāvēre
	pluperfect	adversāveram		adversāverās		adversāverat		adversāverāmus		adversāverātis		adversāverant
	future perfect	adversāverō		adversāveris		adversāverit		adversāverimus		adversāveritis		adversāverint
passive	present	adversor		adversāris, adversāre		adversātur		adversāmur		adversāminī		adversantur
	imperfect	adversābar		adversābāris, adversābāre		adversābātur		adversābāmur		adversābāminī		adversābantur
	future	adversābor		adversāberis, adversābere		adversābitur		adversābimur		adversābiminī		adversābuntur
	perfect	adversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adversem		adversēs		adverset		adversēmus		adversētis		adversent
	imperfect	adversārem		adversārēs		adversāret		adversārēmus		adversārētis		adversārent
	perfect	adversāverim		adversāverīs		adversāverit		adversāverīmus		adversāverītis		adversāverint
	pluperfect	adversāvissem		adversāvissēs		adversāvisset		adversāvissēmus		adversāvissētis		adversāvissent
passive	present	adverser		adversēris, adversēre		adversētur		adversēmur		adversēminī		adversentur
	imperfect	adversārer		adversārēris, adversārēre		adversārētur		adversārēmur		adversārēminī		adversārentur
	perfect	adversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		adversā		—		—		adversāte		—
	future	—		adversātō		adversātō		—		adversātōte		adversantō
passive	present	—		adversāre		—		—		adversāminī		—
	future	—		adversātor		adversātor		—		—		adversantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adversāre			adversārī			adversāns			—
future		adversātūrum esse			adversātum īrī			adversātūrus			adversandus
perfect		adversāvisse			adversātum esse			—			adversātus
future perfect		—			adversātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		adversātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		adversandī		adversandō		adversandum		adversandō		adversātum		adversātū

Descendants

• Sicilian: abbirsari

Etymology 2

Participle

adversō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adversus

References

• “adverso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adverso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) against the stream; upstream: flumine adverso
    
  • (ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera adverso corpore accepta
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin advertō

Latin adversusbor.

Portuguese adverso

Borrowed from Latin adversus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈvɛʁ.su/ [a.d͡ʒiˈvɛh.su], /ad͡ʒˈvɛʁ.su/ [ad͡ʒˈvɛh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈvɛʁ.su/ [a.d͡ʒiˈvɛh.su], /ad͡ʒˈvɛʁ.su/ [ad͡ʒˈvɛh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈvɛɾ.su/, /ad͡ʒˈvɛɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈvɛʁ.su/ [a.d͡ʒiˈvɛχ.su], /ad͡ʒˈvɛʁ.su/ [ad͡ʒˈvɛχ.su]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈvɛɻ.su/, /ad͡ʒˈvɛɻ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒˈvɛʁ.so/ [ad͡ʒˈvɛh.so], /a.d͡ʒiˈvɛʁ.so/ [a.d͡ʒiˈvɛh.so]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdvɛɾ.su/ [ɐˈðvɛɾ.su]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdvɛɾ.su/ [ɐˈðvɛɾ.su]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdbɛɾ.su/ [ɐˈðβɛɾ.su]

• Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧so

Adjective

adverso (feminine adversa, masculine plural adversos, feminine plural adversas)

1. adverse

Derived terms

• adversamente

Related terms

• adversidade

Further reading

• “adverso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adverso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin advertō

Latin adversusbor.

Spanish adverso

Borrowed from Latin adversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˈbeɾso/ [að̞ˈβ̞eɾ.so]

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• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: ad‧ver‧so

Adjective

adverso (feminine adversa, masculine plural adversos, feminine plural adversas)

1. adverse

   Synonym: desfavorable

Derived terms

• adversamente

Related terms

• adversario

Verb

adverso

1. first-person singular present indicative of adversar

Further reading

• “adverso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025