dobro

See also: Dobro

English

A dobro style guitar with metal resonator.

Etymology

From the trade name Dobro, used by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, the name of the inventors + brothers, and also a pun on Slovak dobro (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dobro (plural dobros)

1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.

   Synonym: resonator guitar

   • 2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

Derived terms

• dobroist

Anagrams

• boord, brood, droob

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dobro, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdobro]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dobro n (relational adjective dobrý)

1. good

   Antonym: zlo

   Dobro zvítězí nad zlem.

   Good will triumph over evil.

Declension

Declension of dobro (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	dobro	dobra
genitive	dobra	dober
dative	dobru	dobrům
accusative	dobro	dobra
vocative	dobro	dobra
locative	dobru	dobrech
instrumental	dobrem	dobry

Related terms

• dobrák m
• dobročinnost f
• dobrodušný
• dobromyslný
• dobrovolník m
• dobrovolný

Further reading

• “dobro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dobro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dobro”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “dobro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Galician

Verb

dobro

1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Ladino

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dobar, добар, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ (“good”).

Adjective

dobro (feminine dobra, masculine plural dobros, feminine plural dobras)

1. (Balkan) good

   Synonym: bueno

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dobro. By surface analysis, dobry +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.brɔ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.brɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbrɔ
• Syllabification: do‧bro
• Homophone: Dobro

Noun

dobro n

1. (uncountable) good, goodness (state or characteristic of being good)

   Antonym: zło

2. (countable, literary, chiefly in the plural) good (that which is produced, traded, bought, or sold)
3. (in the plural) estate (landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government)

Declension

Declension of dobro

	singular	plural
nominative	dobro	dobra
genitive	dobra	dóbr
dative	dobru	dobrom
accusative	dobro	dobra
instrumental	dobrem	dobrami
locative	dobru/dobrze	dobrach
vocative	dobro	dobra

Derived terms

adverbs

• z dobra woli

nouns

• dobro wspólne

Adverb

dobro (comparative lepiej, superlative najlepiej)

1. (Middle Polish) synonym of dobrze

Further reading

• “dobro”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “dobro”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Doublet of duplo, a learned borrowing.

Alternative forms

• dôbro (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/ [ˈdo.βɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/ [ˈdo.βɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/

• Rhymes: -obɾu
• Hyphenation: do‧bro

Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)

1. double

Coordinate terms

Coeficiente	Substantivo	Resultado
1	único singular
2	dobro	dupla par dueto
3	triplo	trio trinca terceto tríade trindade
4	quádruplo	quarteto
5	quíntuplo	quinteto
6	sêxtuplo	sexteto
7	sétuplo séptuplo	septeto
8	óctuplo	octeto
9	nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal)	noneto novena
10	décuplo	dezena
11	undécuplo	onzena onzeno
12	duodécuplo	dúzia
100	cêntuplo	centena
muitos	múltiplo

Related terms

• dobrador
• dobragem
• dobrar
• dobre
• dublagem
• dublar
• dupla
• duplo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/ [ˈdɔ.βɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/ [ˈdɔ.βɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/

• Hyphenation: do‧bro

Verb

dobro

1. first-person singular present indicative of dobrar

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m inan (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Etymology 2

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. good (forces or behaviours that are the opposite to bad or evil)
2. good, goods (an item of merchandise)
3. property, estate
4. well-being, welfare, sake

Declension

Declension of dobro

	singular	plural
nominative	dòbro	dobra
genitive	dòbra	dobárā
dative	dobru	dobrima
accusative	dobro	dobra
vocative	dobro	dobra
locative	dobru	dobrima
instrumental	dobrom	dobrima

Adverb

dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. well (in a good manner)

   Iako se trudio, nikad nije naučio dobro voziti.

   Although he tried, he never learned to drive well.

2. properly, rightly (in a proper manner)

Particle

dobro (Cyrillic spelling добро)

1. well

   Uh... pa dobro onda. ― Uh... well then.

2. all right, so be it, OK, fine

   Ne želiš da ti pomognem? Dobro, neću! ― You don't want me to help you? All right, I won't!

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒbro/
• Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m inan (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References

• “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “dobro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.bro/

Etymology 1

From the adjective dobrý.

Noun

dobro n

1. good

Declension

Declension of dobro
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	dobro	dobrá
genitive	dobra	dobier
dative	dobru	dobrám
accusative	dobro	dobrá
locative	dobre	dobrách
instrumental	dobrom	dobrami

Etymology 2

Noun

dobro n

1. dobro

Declension

Declension of dobro
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	dobro	dobrá
genitive	dobra	dobier
dative	dobru	dobrám
accusative	dobro	dobrá
locative	dobre	dobrách
instrumental	dobrom	dobrami

Further reading

• “dobro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̀ːbrɔ/

Adverb

dóbro (comparative bọ̑lje or bọ̑ljše, superlative nȁjbọ̑lje or nȁjbọ̑ljše)

1. well, good

   Antonym: slabọ̑

Derived terms

• predóbro

Further reading

• “dobro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdobɾo/ [ˈd̪o.β̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -obɾo
• Syllabification: do‧bro

Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)

1. dobro

Further reading

• “dobro”, 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