mastro

Noun

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

1. boss
2. master

Alternative forms

• maste (dated)
• masto (dated)

Etymology

From Old 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmastɾo̝/

Noun

mastro m (plural mastros)

1. (nautical) mast (support of a sail)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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

References

• “mast” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “masto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mastro” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Latin magistrum

Noun

mastro m (plural mastri)

1. master (especially in combination with the name of a trade)

Adjective

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

1. principal, main

Anagrams

• mostra, smorta, stroma

Alternative forms

• masto (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.tɾu/, /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmas.tɾo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
• Hyphenation: mas‧tro

Noun

mastro m (plural mastros)

1. (nautical) mast (support of a sail)

   Synonym: mastaréu

2. flagpole (pole for hoisting flags)