ministro

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Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish ministro.

Noun[edit]

ministro

  1. minister

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [miˈnistro]
  • Rhymes: -istro
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun[edit]

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

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

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. minister

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin minister.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ministro m (plural ministri, feminine ministra)

  1. minister

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

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Further reading[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From minister (“attendant”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) I 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) I manage, govern, take care of
  3. (transitive) I do, execute, carry out

Conjugation[edit]

   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,
ministrāvēre,
ministrārunt1
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ministrāre ministrāvisse,
ministrāsse1 		ministrātūrum esse ministrārī ministrātum esse ministrātum īrī
participles ministrāns — ministrātūrus — ministrātus ministrandus
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.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: minestrare
  • Piedmontese: ministré
  • Portuguese: ministrar
  • Spanish: ministrar

Noun[edit]

ministrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of minister

References[edit]

  • “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[edit]

Noun[edit]

ministro m

  1. genitive singular of ministras

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Etymology 1[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

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

Noun[edit]

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
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

ministro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ministrum.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. minister
Derived terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

ministro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish ministro, from Latin minister.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro
  • IPA(key): /miˈnistɾo/, [mɪˈnis.tɾo]

Noun[edit]

ministro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

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

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