Maduro - Wiktionary

See also: maduró and Maduro

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish maduro. Doublet of mature.

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA(key): /məˈdʊ.ɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro

Noun

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maduro (plural maduros)

1. A cigar made with somewhat dark, medium-strength tobacco.

Coordinate terms

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• claro
• colorado
• colorado claro
• colorado maduro
• double claro
• double maduro
• oscuro

Anagrams

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• Damour, d'Amour

Catalan

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Verb

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maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish maduro.

Adjective

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maduro

1. ripe

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese maduro, from Latin mātūrus.

Pronunciation

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• (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdu.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdu.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈdu.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈdu.ɾu/ [mɐˈðu.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: ma‧du‧ro

Adjective

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maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)

1. ripe
2. mature, of relatively old age (said of people)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /maˈduɾo/ [maˈð̞u.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧du‧ro

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish maduro, from Latin mātūrus.

Adjective

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maduro (feminine madura, masculine plural maduros, feminine plural maduras)

1. ripe
2. mature, of relatively old age (said of people)

Derived terms

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• a las duras y a las maduras

Noun

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maduro m (plural maduros)

1. (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador) ellipsis of plátano maduro (“a ripe plantain”)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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maduro

1. first-person singular present indicative of madurar

Further reading

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• “maduro”, 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