kastrato
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English castrato, from Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).
Noun[edit]
kastrato
- a male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice
- a male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty
Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
kastrato (accusative singular kastraton, plural kastratoj, accusative plural kastratojn)
- singular present nominal passive participle of kastri