Noun: pro
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Andat ⁊ matemoſle. Echemoſle en aq̃l pozo. E ueremos que prol aura so suenno. […] (“Go and let us kill him. Let us throw him into that pit, and we shall see of what use his dream is to him! […] ”) [c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:]
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Bien casariemos con sus fijas pora huebos de pro (We would do well marrying his daughters, out of need for [our own] benefit.) [1140 – 1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mio Cid 1374]
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Andar le qͥero amyo çid en toda pro (I want to always support the Cid.
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(literally, “I want to walk for my Cid in every advantage.”)) [1140 – 1207, Anonymous, Cantar de mío Cid 1913]
Nouns inflected like pro
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Late Latin prōde (“useful”), perhaps via Old Occitan pro.
Verbs referencing "pro"
Spanish Nouns
pro.
Translations