castro

See also: Castro, castró, and castrò

Catalan

Verb

castro

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Galician

Castro de Viladonga's aerials view

Castro de Baroña

Alternative forms

• crasto

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum. Cognate with Portuguese castro, Spanish castro. See also alcázar, borrowed from Spanish, which entered through Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾo̝/

Noun

castro m (plural castros)

1. a local fortified Iron Age village, of which some 3,000 are known in Galicia
2. (by extension) any fortified archaeological site

Derived terms

• castrexo
• Castrelo
• Castrelos
• Castrillón
• Castro
• Castro Bo
• Castro Caldelas
• Castrobó
• Castromaior
• Castromao
• Castroverde

See also

• Castro (poboado) on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “castro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “castro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

castro

1. first-person singular present indicative of castrare

Anagrams

• crosta
• scarto, scartò
• scorta
• storca

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Latin

Etymology

Denominative in -ō perhaps from a lost instrumental noun, Proto-Italic *kastrom (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱos-tróm (“cutting tool, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut up, to slaughter”); compare Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, “sword, dagger”). See also castrum, careō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.troː/, [ˈkäs̠t̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tro/, [ˈkäst̪ro]

Verb

castrō (present infinitive castrāre, perfect active castrāvī, supine castrātum); first conjugation

1. I prune
2. I amputate
3. I punish
4. I purge
5. I castrate or spay
6. I dock (a tail)

Conjugation

Conjugation of castrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	castrō	castrās	castrat	castrāmus	castrātis	castrant
	imperfect	castrābam	castrābās	castrābat	castrābāmus	castrābātis	castrābant
	future	castrābō	castrābis	castrābit	castrābimus	castrābitis	castrābunt
	perfect	castrāvī	castrāvistī	castrāvit	castrāvimus	castrāvistis	castrāvērunt, castrāvēre
	pluperfect	castrāveram	castrāverās	castrāverat	castrāverāmus	castrāverātis	castrāverant
	future perfect	castrāverō	castrāveris	castrāverit	castrāverimus	castrāveritis	castrāverint
passive	present	castror	castrāris, castrāre	castrātur	castrāmur	castrāminī	castrantur
	imperfect	castrābar	castrābāris, castrābāre	castrābātur	castrābāmur	castrābāminī	castrābantur
	future	castrābor	castrāberis, castrābere	castrābitur	castrābimur	castrābiminī	castrābuntur
	perfect	castrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	castrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	castrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	castrem	castrēs	castret	castrēmus	castrētis	castrent
	imperfect	castrārem	castrārēs	castrāret	castrārēmus	castrārētis	castrārent
	perfect	castrāverim	castrāverīs	castrāverit	castrāverīmus	castrāverītis	castrāverint
	pluperfect	castrāvissem	castrāvissēs	castrāvisset	castrāvissēmus	castrāvissētis	castrāvissent
passive	present	castrer	castrēris, castrēre	castrētur	castrēmur	castrēminī	castrentur
	imperfect	castrārer	castrārēris, castrārēre	castrārētur	castrārēmur	castrārēminī	castrārentur
	perfect	castrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	castrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	castrā	—	—	castrāte	—
	future	—	castrātō	castrātō	—	castrātōte	castrantō
passive	present	—	castrāre	—	—	castrāminī	—
	future	—	castrātor	castrātor	—	—	castrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		castrāre	castrāvisse	castrātūrum esse	castrārī	castrātum esse	castrātum īrī
participles		castrāns	—	castrātūrus	—	castrātus	castrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		castrandī	castrandō	castrandum	castrandō	castrātum	castrātū

Derived terms

• castrātiō
• castrātor
• castrātus
• castrātōrius
• castrātūra
• procestria

 

Related terms

• castrum (?)

Descendants

• Catalan: castrar
• English: castrate
• Old French: chastrer
  • French: châtrer
• → French: castrer
• Friulian: cjastrâ
• Italian: castrare

• Ligurian: crastâ
• Occitan: castrar, crestar
• Portuguese: castrar, crestar
• Romanian: castra, cresta
• Spanish: castrar
• Venetian: castrar

References

• “castro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “castro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• castro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 586

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Portuguese

castro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.tɾu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tɾu/, /ˈkaʃ.tɾu/
• Hyphenation: cas‧tro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”). Cognate with Galician castro, Spanish castro. Doublet of alcácer, from Arabic.

Noun

castro m (plural castros)

1. fort (of Roman or prehistoric origin)
2. a fortified pre-Roman Iron Age village frequently found in the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula

Derived terms

• castrejo
• Castro

Related terms

• alcácer
• castelo

See also

• cividade
• citânia

Etymology 2

Verb

castro

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish castro, from Latin castrum. Doublet of alcázar, which came through Arabic.

Noun

castro m (plural castros)

1. fort, fortified settlement

Related terms

• castillo

Verb

castro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of castrar.