ministro

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ministro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/, [miˈnis̪.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro (plural ministros)

1. minister

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistro/
• Rhymes: -istro
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro (accusative singular ministron, plural ministroj, accusative plural ministrojn)

1. (politics) minister (politician who heads a ministry)

Derived terms

• ĉefministro, ministroprezidanto (“prime minister, premier”)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrum (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [mĩˈnis̺.t̪ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

1. minister

Derived terms

• ministrable

Related terms

• ministerio m

Further reading

• “ministro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “ministro”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Italian

Etymology

From Latin minister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tro/

• Audio (female voice "un ministro"):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -istro
• Hyphenation: mi‧nì‧stro

Noun

ministro m (plural ministri, feminine ministra)

1. minister

Usage notes

• In the sense “politician who heads a ministry” the masculine form is used regardless of gender, especially in formal usage:

  il Ministro della Difesa Elisabetta Trenta

  the Minister for Defence Elisabetta Trenta

• The form ministra is becoming more accepted in contemporary usage and is also used by some newspapers.

Related terms

• ministeriale
• ministero

Further reading

• ministro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From minister (“attendant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪˈnɪs.troː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [miˈnis.t̪ro]

Verb

ministrō (present infinitive ministrāre, perfect active ministrāvī, supine ministrātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to attend, wait upon, serve
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Matthew.4.11:

     tunc reliquit eum diabolus et ecce angeli accesserunt et ministrabant ei

     Then the devil left him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

2. (transitive) to manage, govern, take care of
3. (transitive) to do, execute, carry out
4. provide, furnish, supply, give, afford

   Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, īnstruō, apparō, parō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ministrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ministrō		ministrās		ministrat		ministrāmus		ministrātis		ministrant
	imperfect	ministrābam		ministrābās		ministrābat		ministrābāmus		ministrābātis		ministrābant
	future	ministrābō		ministrābis		ministrābit		ministrābimus		ministrābitis		ministrābunt
	perfect	ministrāvī		ministrāvistī, ministrāstī1		ministrāvit, ministrāt1		ministrāvimus, ministrāmus1		ministrāvistis, ministrāstis1		ministrāvērunt, ministrārunt, ministrāvēre1
	pluperfect	ministrāveram, ministrāram1		ministrāverās, ministrārās1		ministrāverat, ministrārat1		ministrāverāmus, ministrārāmus1		ministrāverātis, ministrārātis1		ministrāverant, ministrārant1
	future perfect	ministrāverō, ministrārō1		ministrāveris, ministrāris1		ministrāverit, ministrārit1		ministrāverimus, ministrārimus1		ministrāveritis, ministrāritis1		ministrāverint, ministrārint1
passive	present	ministror		ministrāris, ministrāre		ministrātur		ministrāmur		ministrāminī		ministrantur
	imperfect	ministrābar		ministrābāris, ministrābāre		ministrābātur		ministrābāmur		ministrābāminī		ministrābantur
	future	ministrābor		ministrāberis, ministrābere		ministrābitur		ministrābimur		ministrābiminī		ministrābuntur
	perfect	ministrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ministrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ministrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ministrem		ministrēs		ministret		ministrēmus		ministrētis		ministrent
	imperfect	ministrārem		ministrārēs		ministrāret		ministrārēmus		ministrārētis		ministrārent
	perfect	ministrāverim, ministrārim1		ministrāverīs, ministrārīs1		ministrāverit, ministrārit1		ministrāverīmus, ministrārīmus1		ministrāverītis, ministrārītis1		ministrāverint, ministrārint1
	pluperfect	ministrāvissem, ministrāssem1		ministrāvissēs, ministrāssēs1		ministrāvisset, ministrāsset1		ministrāvissēmus, ministrāssēmus1		ministrāvissētis, ministrāssētis1		ministrāvissent, ministrāssent1
passive	present	ministrer		ministrēris, ministrēre		ministrētur		ministrēmur		ministrēminī		ministrentur
	imperfect	ministrārer		ministrārēris, ministrārēre		ministrārētur		ministrārēmur		ministrārēminī		ministrārentur
	perfect	ministrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ministrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ministrā		—		—		ministrāte		—
	future	—		ministrātō		ministrātō		—		ministrātōte		ministrantō
passive	present	—		ministrāre		—		—		ministrāminī		—
	future	—		ministrātor		ministrātor		—		—		ministrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ministrāre			ministrārī			ministrāns			—
future		ministrātūrum esse			ministrātum īrī			ministrātūrus			ministrandus
perfect		ministrāvisse, ministrāsse1			ministrātum esse			—			ministrātus
future perfect		—			ministrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ministrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ministrandī		ministrandō		ministrandum		ministrandō		ministrātum		ministrātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• administrō
• ministrātiō
• ministrātor
• ministrātōrius
• ministrātrix
• subministrō

Related terms

• minister
• ministeriālis
• ministeriārius
• ministerium
• ministrix
• minstra

Descendants

• Italian: minestrare, → ministrare
  • ⇒ Italian: minestra
    • → Alemannic German: Manestre
• Piedmontese: ministré
• → Portuguese: ministrar
• → Spanish: ministrar

Noun

ministrō

1. dative/ablative singular of minister

References

• “ministro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ministro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ministro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to serve some one with drink: alicui bibere ministrare
    

Lithuanian

Noun

ministro m

1. genitive singular of ministras

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• menistro (dated or misspelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miˈniʃ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniʃ.tɾu/, /miˈniʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrum (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).

Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

1. (politics) minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
2. (Christianity) one who does something on behalf of the church
3. (diplomacy) minister (rank below ambassador)

   Coordinate terms: adido, embaixador, encarregado de negócios, enviado

4. agent (one who acts for or in the place of another)

   Synonyms: agente, executor, intermediário, medianeiro

Derived terms

• ministro de estado
• ministro de primeira classe
• ministro de segunda classe
• ministro plenipotenciário
• primeiro-ministro

Related terms

• ministerial
• ministério
• ministração
• ministrado
• ministrador
• ministral
• ministrar
• ministrável

Descendants

• → Tetum: ministru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ministro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

References

• 'Diga-se me-nis-tro, e não mi-nis-tro' in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa
• 'Diz-se ministro ou menistro? Vizinho ou vezinho?' in RTP Ensina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ministrum.

Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

1. minister

Derived terms

• consejo de ministros
• ministrable
• ministro de Dios
• ministro del sacramento
• ministro del Señor
• primer ministro

Related terms

• ministerio m

Descendants

• Chavacano: ministro
• → Tagalog: ministro

Etymology 2

Verb

ministro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

Further reading

• “ministro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ministro, from Latin minister.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [mɪˈn̪is.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. minister
   1. (Christianity) person trained to perform religious ceremonies
   2. (government) politician who heads a ministry

Derived terms

• punong ministro

Related terms

• administra
• administrado
• administrador
• administrasyon
• administratibo
• maestro
• ministeryal
• ministeryo

See also

• kalihim
• komisaryo

Further reading

• “ministro”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025