mastro

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin magister (chief, teacher, leader), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Compare German Meister and French maître.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmastro]
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  • Rhymes: -astro
  • Hyphenation: mas‧tro

Noun

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mastro (accusative singular mastron, plural mastroj, accusative plural mastrojn)

  1. boss
  2. master

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese masto, maste, already documented in the Galician Cantigas de Santa María of the 13th century. Probably from Old French mast (mast), from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

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Noun

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mastro m (plural mastros)

  1. (nautical) mast (support of a sail)
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, page 657:
      Et quen contar quisese as naues quantas erã, acharía conpridament que erã tres mil uelas leuantadas sobrelos mastos
      And the one who would want to reckon how many ships there were, he would find that there were three thousand sails on the masts

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Italian

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Etymology

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Older form of maestro, from Latin magistrum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.stro/
  • Rhymes: -astro
  • Hyphenation: mà‧stro

Noun

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mastro m (plural mastri)

  1. master (especially in combination with the name of a trade)
    mastro falegnamemaster carpenter
  2. (dated, regional) general form of address; Mister
    mastro BrunettiMister Brunetti

Adjective

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mastro (feminine mastra, masculine plural mastri, feminine plural mastre)

  1. principal, main

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
mastros

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese masto (also maste), from Middle French mast (mast), from Old Frankish *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mast- (board).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
  • Hyphenation: mas‧tro

Noun

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mastro m (plural mastros)

  1. (nautical) mast (support of a sail)
    Synonym: mastaréu
    Coordinate terms: estai, leme, patilhão, popa, proa, quilha, retranca, vela, velame, verga
  2. flagpole (pole for hoisting flags)
  3. (Brazil, informal, humorous) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

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