Esperanto

Noun

modo ‎(accusative singular modon, plural modoj, accusative plural modojn)

1. (grammar) mood

Galician

Etymology

From Latin modus

Noun

modo m ‎(plural modos)

1. mode, manner

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto modo ‎(“mood”), from English mode, French mode, German Modus, Italian modo, Russian мо́да ‎(móda), Spanish modo, all ultimately from Latin modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.do/, /ˈmɔ.dɔ/

Noun

modo (plural modi)

1. mode (a passing usage which depends upon taste, caprice)
2. fashion, style
3. (grammar) mood (indicative, imperative, etc.)
4. (philosophy, music) mode
5. (law) modus

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin modus

Noun

modo m ‎(plural modi)

1. manner, way
2. (grammar) mood
3. (music) style, manner

Related terms

• ad ogni modo
• a mo' di
• a modo
• di modo che
• in modo da
• in ogni modo
• in particolar modo
• modale
• modalità
• a modo mio

Anagrams

• domo, domò

Latin

Adverb

modo

1. just, only

   Tunc modo edere volebat. - Just then he only wanted to eat.

2. recently, just now

   Latrocinium modo factum est. - A robbery just took place.

3. presently

Derived terms

• non modo

Descendants

• Dalmatian: mut
• Italian: mo'
• Romanian: măi

Noun

modō m

1. dative singular of modus
2. ablative singular of modus

See also

• grosso modo

References

• modo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• modo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MODO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “modo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    
  • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    
  • (ambiguous) to flee like deer, sheep: pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)
    

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin modus ‎(“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- ‎(“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.do/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ðu/
• Hyphenation: mo‧do

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

1. mode; way; method (method or manner of doing something)
2. mode; state; condition
3. (grammar) mood
4. (music) mode (one of several ancient scales)

Synonyms

• (way; method): jeito, maneira, método, moda
• (state; condition): condição, estado

Hyponyms

• (grammatical mood): conjuntivo/subjuntivo (modo conjuntivo/modo subjuntivo), gerúndio, imperativo, indicativo (modo indicativo), infinitivo, particípio

Related terms

• moda
• modal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmòːdɔ/, /ˈmóːdɔ/
• Tonal orthography: mọ́do, mọ̑do

Noun

módo n ‎(genitive móda, nominative plural móda)

1. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Derived terms

• módnik

See also

• testikuláren

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin modus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oðo

Noun

modo m ‎(plural modos)

1. way

   a mi modo de ver

   the way I see it

2. (grammar) mood
3. (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well)

   Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.

   "Oh well, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it."

Hyponyms

• infinitivo
• modo imperativo, imperativo
• modo indicativo
• modo subjuntivo, subjuntivo
• modo condicional
• optativo

See also

• manera f