# mastro
## Esperanto
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmastro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -astro
* Hyphenation: mas‧tro

### Noun

mastro (accusative singular mastron, plural mastroj, accusative plural mastrojn)
* boss
* master

#### Derived terms

* bienmastro (“farmer”)
* hotelmastro (“hotel manager”)
* mastra (“master”)
* mastraĵo (“housekeeping”)
* mastrema (“domineering”)
* mastri (“to be master over”)
* mastrino (“housewife”)
* mastruma (“household”)
* mastruma sistemo (“operating system”)
* mastrumado (“housekeeping”)
* mastrumaĵo (“household affairs”)
* mastrumi (“to keep house”)
* mastrumilo (“master”)
* mastrumistino (“housekeeper”)

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* maste, masto (dated)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmastɾo̝/

### Noun

mastro m (plural mastros)
* (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 mastosAnd 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

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mast”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “masto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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), “mastro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Italian
### Etymology

Older form of maestro, from Latin magistrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.stro/
* Rhymes: -astro
* Hyphenation: mà‧stro

### Noun

mastro m (plural mastri)
* master (especially in combination with the name of a trade)
    mastro falegname ― master carpenter
* (dated, regional) general form of address; Mister
    mastro Brunetti ― Mister Brunetti

### Adjective

mastro (feminine mastra, masculine plural mastri, feminine plural mastre)
* principal, main

### Anagrams

* mostra, smorta, stroma

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* masto (archaic)

### Etymology

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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmas.tɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmas.tɾu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmas.tɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
* Hyphenation: mas‧tro

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* mastro de contramezena
* mastro de gata
* mastro de mezena
* mastro de traquete
* mastro grande
* mastro-real

#### Related terms

* mastreação
* mastrear