vibro

See also: vibró, vibrò, and vibro-

English

Noun

vibro (plural vibros)

  1. (informal) A vibrator (sex toy)
    • 1999 February 28, JARFET35, “marys fun night in (story f & f/f)”, in alt.sex.stories‎[1] (Usenet):
      Taking the finger out she reached for a vibro and started to circle her arsehole with it.
  1. A haptic actuator inside a mobile phone, a smartwatch etc. to notify the user with a trembling rather than with a sound
    • 2025 April 8, @JalterSays, Twitter‎[2]:
      Notifications are killing me, i can use my phone has [sic] a vibro at this point.

Catalan

Verb

vibro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrar

Galician

Verb

vibro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrar

Italian

Verb

vibro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wibrāō, denominative of *wibros, from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-. The root-final consonant is unclear, reflexes of both are found across Indo-European.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

vibrō (present infinitive vibrāre, perfect active vibrāvī, supine vibrātum); first conjugation

  1. to shake, agitate, brandish
  2. to launch, hurl
  3. to threaten
  4. to tremble, vibrate, quiver
  5. to glimmer, gleam

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vibrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vibrō vibrās vibrat vibrāmus vibrātis vibrant
imperfect vibrābam vibrābās vibrābat vibrābāmus vibrābātis vibrābant
future vibrābō vibrābis vibrābit vibrābimus vibrābitis vibrābunt
perfect vibrāvī vibrāvistī vibrāvit vibrāvimus vibrāvistis vibrāvērunt,
vibrāvēre
pluperfect vibrāveram vibrāverās vibrāverat vibrāverāmus vibrāverātis vibrāverant
future perfect vibrāverō vibrāveris vibrāverit vibrāverimus vibrāveritis vibrāverint
passive present vibror vibrāris,
vibrāre 		vibrātur vibrāmur vibrāminī vibrantur
imperfect vibrābar vibrābāris,
vibrābāre 		vibrābātur vibrābāmur vibrābāminī vibrābantur
future vibrābor vibrāberis,
vibrābere 		vibrābitur vibrābimur vibrābiminī vibrābuntur
perfect vibrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vibrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vibrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vibrem vibrēs vibret vibrēmus vibrētis vibrent
imperfect vibrārem vibrārēs vibrāret vibrārēmus vibrārētis vibrārent
perfect vibrāverim vibrāverīs vibrāverit vibrāverīmus vibrāverītis vibrāverint
pluperfect vibrāvissem vibrāvissēs vibrāvisset vibrāvissēmus vibrāvissētis vibrāvissent
passive present vibrer vibrēris,
vibrēre 		vibrētur vibrēmur vibrēminī vibrentur
imperfect vibrārer vibrārēris,
vibrārēre 		vibrārētur vibrārēmur vibrārēminī vibrārentur
perfect vibrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vibrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vibrā — — vibrāte —
future — vibrātō vibrātō — vibrātōte vibrantō
passive present — vibrāre — — vibrāminī —
future — vibrātor vibrātor — — vibrantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present vibrāre vibrārī vibrāns —
future vibrātūrum esse vibrātum īrī vibrātūrus vibrandus
perfect vibrāvisse vibrātum esse — vibrātus
future perfect — vibrātum fore — —
perfect potential vibrātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vibrandī vibrandō vibrandum vibrandō vibrātum vibrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: vibrate, veer
  • French: vibrer, virer
  • Galician: vibrar
  • Italian: vibrare
  • Piedmontese: vibré
  • Portuguese: vibrar
  • Romanian: vibra
  • Spanish: vibrar

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vibrō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 674: “*uip/b-ro-”

Further reading

  • “vibro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vibro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vibro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

vibro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbibɾo/ [ˈbi.β̞ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -ibɾo
  • Syllabification: vi‧bro

Verb

vibro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vibrar
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