# estro
## English
### Noun

estro (uncountable)
* (transgender slang) Clipping of estrogen.
    Synonym: E
** 2019, glass beach (lyrics and music), “​yoshi’s island”, in the first glass beach album:With spiro and estro from Vanuatu / What the hell do you think that'll do to you?

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Soter, Resto, sorte, rotes, torse, store, toers, resto, tores, roset, Oster

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Back-formation from -estro (“leader”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈestro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -estro
* Hyphenation: es‧tro

### Noun

estro (accusative singular estron, plural estroj, accusative plural estrojn)
* a leader, head of something
* (video games) a boss

#### Related terms

* Category:Esperanto terms suffixed with -estro

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈestɾo/ [ˈes̺.t̪ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -estɾo
* Hyphenation: es‧tro

### Etymology 1

Back-formation from estrar (“to pave”).

#### Noun

estro m (plural estros)
* (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals
    Synonyms: estrume, mulido
* oven floor

##### Related terms

* estrar
* estrumar
* estrumeira

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

estro
* first-person singular present indicative of estrar

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.stro/
* Rhymes: -ɛstro
* Hyphenation: è‧stro

### Noun

estro m (plural estri)
* inspiration
* gift, bent
* (biology) oestrus, rut

#### Derived terms

* estrale

### Anagrams

* resto, restò, roste, serto, sorte, terso, torse

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛs.tɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛs.tɾu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɛʃ.tɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛs.tɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛʃ.tɾu/
* Hyphenation: es‧tro

### Noun

estro m (plural estros)
* heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)
    Synonym: cio

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈestɾo/ [ˈes.t̪ɾo]
* Rhymes: -estɾo
* Syllabification: es‧tro

### Noun

estro m (uncountable)
* gadfly
* inspiration
    Synonym: inspiración
* estrus
    Synonym: celo

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* resto, toser, restó, retos, teros, terso