Maduro

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Maduro. This surname is mostly found in Curaçao.

Maduro (plural Maduros)

1. A surname from Spanish.
   • 2026 January 4, Howard LaFranchi, “Seizing Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump implements his corollary to Monroe Doctrine”, in The Christian Science Monitor‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 January 2026:

     Saturday’s actions – the abduction of [Venezuelan] President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas to face federal drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and the deadly bombings of military installations and some civilian buildings across the country – had “Trump Corollary” written all over them.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maduro is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Maduro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (52.84%), Black/African American (25.81%) and White (18.28%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maduro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 487.

• Damour, d'Amour

From the adjective maduro (“ripe”), also figuratively "mature, sensible."

• IPA^(key): /maˈduɾo/ [maˈð̞u.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: Ma‧du‧ro

Maduro m or f by sense

1. a surname
   • 2016 October 28, “Evo Morales denuncia conspiración contra Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela”, in El Universo‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 November 2016:

     A pesar del cuadro político y social en Venezuela, Morales dijo que espera "reconfirmar, hasta ahora confirmado, que el presidente Maduro estará el 18 de diciembre" en la región cocalera boliviana, su bastión electoral, en el día de la Revolución Democrática Cultural.

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