# monstro
## Danish
### Etymology

Clipping of mon man skal tro (“should one believe”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /monstroːˀ/, [mɔnsˈtˢʁ̥oˀ], [mʌnsˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

### Adverb

monstro
* (dated or humorous) I wonder (if)
    Synonym: mon

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin mōnstrum. Doublet of montri.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈmonstro]
* Rhymes: -onstro
* Hyphenation: mons‧tro

### Noun

monstro (accusative singular monstron, plural monstroj, accusative plural monstrojn)
* monster (terrifying or dangerous creature)
    Ne zorgu, mia filo; monstroj ne troviĝas sur via lito.Don't worry, my son; there are no monsters under your bed.

#### Hypernyms

* demono (“demon”)
* fantomo (“ghost, demon”)
* infantimigulo (“bogeyman”)
* zombio (“zombie”)

#### Derived terms

* monstra (“monstrous, monster-like”)

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin monstrum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmonstɾo/ [ˈmõns̺.t̪ɾʊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -onstɾo
* Hyphenation: mons‧tro

### Noun

monstro m (plural monstros)
* monster (terrifying and dangerous, wild or fictional creature)
* monstrosity, mutant, aberration
* extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “monstro”, 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), “monstro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “monstro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /monstro/

### Noun

monstro (plural monstri)
* monster (terrifying dangerous creature)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmon.stro/
* Rhymes: -onstro
* Hyphenation: món‧stro

### Noun

monstro m (plural monstri)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of mostro

## Latin
### Etymology

From mōnstrum +‎ -ō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmon.stroː/, [ˈmõːs̠t̪roː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmon.stro/, [ˈmɔnst̪ro]

### Verb

mōnstrō (present infinitive mōnstrāre, perfect active mōnstrāvī, supine mōnstrātum); first conjugation
* to show, point out, indicate, demonstrate
** (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to show
*** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.4.11:Viam sapientiae mōnstrāvī tibi dūxī tē per sēmitās aequitātis.I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
* to appoint, ordain
* to denounce, indict
* to advise, teach

#### Derived terms

* dēmōnstrō
* mōnstrātiō
* mōnstrātus
* praemōnstrō

#### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Romanian: mustra, mustrare
* Italo-Romance:
** Corsican: mustrà, muscià
** Italian: mostrare
** Neapolitan: mostare
** Sicilian: mustrari
* Padanian:
** Ligurian: mostrâ, mosciâ
** Friulian: mostrâ
** Piedmontese: mostré, mosté, mossé
** Romansch: mussar, musser, muossar
** Venetan: mostrar
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: mostrar
** Franco-Provençal: montrar, motrar
** Old French: mostret, mustrer
*** Middle French: monstrer (/n/ taken from Latin; silent ⟨s⟩)
**** French: montrer
*** Walloon: mostrer
*** → English: muster
** Occitan: mostrar, muishar
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: mostrar
** Asturian: amosar
** Galician: mostrar, amosar
** Portuguese: mostrar, amostrar
** Spanish: mostrar
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: mostrai, ammostai, multrare, mustrare

### References

* “monstro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “monstro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* monstro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmõs.tɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmõs.tɾu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmõʃ.tɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmõs.tɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmõʃ.tɾu/

### Noun

monstro m (plural monstros)
* monster
** a fictional creature with hideous traits, often evil, dangerous and associated with horror fiction
    Vi um filme de monstro hoje. ― I've seen a monster movie today.
** (figurative) a person who acts cruelly or performs very immoral acts
    Esses assassinos são uns monstros! ― Those murderers are monsters!
* (figurative) an ugly person
* (slang, bodybuilding) an excessively muscular person, often a man

#### Derived terms

* monstrengo
* monstruosidade
* monstruoso

#### Related terms

* mostrar

### Adjective

monstro (feminine monstra, masculine plural monstros, feminine plural monstras, comparable, comparative mais monstro, superlative o mais monstro or monstríssimo, diminutive monstrinho, augmentative monstrão)
* (slang) incredible, amazing, astonishing
    Jogada monstra! ― Amazing move!
* (slang, of a person) very muscular or excessively fit
    Depois de muito treino, fiquei monstro! ― After much training, I became very muscular!
* (slang, of a person, usually followed by related activity) remarkably good at something
    Você é monstro no basquete! ― You play basketball amazingly!

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmonstɾo/ [ˈmõns.t̪ɾo]
* Rhymes: -onstɾo
* Syllabification: mons‧tro

### Noun

monstro m (plural monstros)
* Obsolete form of monstruo.

### Further reading

* “monstro”, 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