terura

Esperanto

Etymology

From teruro (“terror”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈrura/
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  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: te‧ru‧ra

Adjective

terura (accusative singular teruran, plural teruraj, accusative plural terurajn)

  1. terrible
    • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila‎[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
      Nu, unu tagon oni vokis min por ke mi iru tuj al la malsanulejo, ĉar mia sesjara filino trafiĝis je terura trafik-akcidento.
      Well, one day they called me so that I go immediately to the hospital, because my six-year old daughter got caught in a terrible traffic accident.

Further reading

  • “terura”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
  • “terura”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
  • Wells, John C. (1992), “terur/o, awful, chronic, dire, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, hideous, horrible, horrid, shock, terrible”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎[2], →ISBN, pages 153, 182, 208, 233, 238, 251, 259, 263, 273, 275, 368, 392
  • Benson, Peter J. (1995), “atrocious, awful, dire, dread, fear, fell, formidable. god, harrow, hideous, horrendous, horrid, nasty, terrible, terrific, wicked”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎[3], →ISBN, pages 50, 53, 165, 175-176, 204-205, 234, 247, 254, 259, 343, 528, 582
  • Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “terur-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎[4], →OL, page 409
  • Motteau, Achille (1907), “terur-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎[5], →OCLC, page 151
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