austro

See also: aŭstro, austro-, and Austro-

Latin

Adjective

austrō

1. dative/ablative masculine singular of auster

References

• “austro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin austrum. Distant cognate to leste.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaws.tɾu/ [ˈaʊ̯s.tɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaws.tɾu/ [ˈaʊ̯s.tɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈawʃ.tɾu/ [ˈaʊ̯ʃ.tɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaws.tɾo/ [ˈaʊ̯s.tɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈawʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: aus‧tro

Noun

austro m (uncountable)

1. (poetic) the south

   Synonym: sul

2. a southern wind

Related terms

• austral
• Austrália

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin austrum.

Noun

austro m (plural austros)

1. south wind
2. south

   Synonyms: ostro, sur

   Antonyms: norte, septentrión

Coordinate terms

compass points: puntos cardinales:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte septentrión	noreste
oeste occidente poniente		este oriente levante
suroeste	sur ostro austro	sureste

Further reading

• “austro”, 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

Anagrams

• saturó, saturo, sautor, uratos