# ministro
## Chavacano
### Etymology

From Spanish ministro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈnistɾo/, [miˈnis̪.t̪ɾo]
* Rhymes: -istɾo
* Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

### Noun

ministro (plural ministros)
* minister

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

ministro (accusative singular ministron, plural ministroj, accusative plural ministrojn)
* (politics) minister (politician who heads a ministry)

#### Derived terms

* ĉefministro, ministroprezidanto (“prime minister, premier”)

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈnistɾo/ [mĩˈnis̺.t̪ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -istɾo
* Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* ministrable

#### Related terms

* ministerio m

### Further reading

* “ministro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “ministro” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin minister.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈni.stro/
* Audio (female voice "un ministro"):(file)
* Rhymes: -istro
* Hyphenation: mi‧nì‧stro

### Noun

ministro m (plural ministri, feminine ministra)
* minister

#### Usage notes

* 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 Trentathe Minister for Defence Elisabetta Trenta
* The form ministra is becoming more accepted in contemporary usage and is also used by some newspapers.

#### Related terms

* ministeriale
* ministero

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Etymology

From minister (“attendant”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /miˈnis.troː/, [mɪˈnɪs̠t̪roː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /miˈnis.tro/, [miˈnist̪ro]

### Verb

ministrō (present infinitive ministrāre, perfect active ministrāvī, supine ministrātum); first conjugation
* (transitive) to attend, wait upon, serve
** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Matthew.4.11:tunc reliquit eum diabolus et ecce angeli accesserunt et ministrabant eiThen the devil left him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
* (transitive) to manage, govern, take care of
* (transitive) to do, execute, carry out
* provide, furnish, supply, give, afford
    Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, īnstruō, apparō, parō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō

#### Conjugation

$^1$At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

#### Derived terms

* administrō
* ministrātiō
* ministrātor
* ministrātōrius
* ministrātrix
* subministrō

#### Related terms

* minister
* ministeriālis
* ministeriārius
* ministerium
* ministrix
* minstra

#### Descendants

* Italian: minestrare, → ministrare
** ⇒ Italian: minestra
*** → Alemannic German: Manestre
* Piedmontese: ministré
* → Portuguese: ministrar
* → Spanish: ministrar

### Noun

ministrō
* dative/ablative singular of minister

### References

* “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, London: Macmillan and Co. to serve some one with drink: alicui bibere ministrare

## Lithuanian
### Noun

ministro m
* genitive singular of ministras

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* menistro (dated or misspelling)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /miˈnis.tɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /miˈnis.tɾu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /miˈniʃ.tɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /miˈnis.tɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨˈniʃ.tɾu/, /miˈniʃ.tɾu/
* Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)
* (politics) minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
* (Christianity) one who does something on behalf of the church
* (diplomacy) minister (rank below ambassador)
    Coordinate terms: adido, embaixador, encarregado de negócios, enviado
* agent (one who acts for or in the place of another)
    Synonyms: agente, executor, intermediário, medianeiro

##### Derived terms

* ministro de estado
* ministro de primeira classe
* ministro de segunda classe
* ministro plenipotenciário
* primeiro-ministro

##### Related terms

* ministerial
* ministério
* ministração
* ministrado
* ministrador
* ministral
* ministrar
* ministrável

##### Descendants

* → Tetum: ministru

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ministro
* first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

### References

* 'Diga-se me-nis-tro, e não mi-nis-tro' in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa
* 'Diz-se ministro ou menistro? Vizinho ou vezinho?' in RTP Ensina

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miˈnistɾo/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾo]
* Rhymes: -istɾo
* Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ministrum.

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* consejo de ministros
* ministrable
* ministro de Dios
* ministro del sacramento
* ministro del Señor
* primer ministro

##### Related terms

* ministerio m

##### Descendants

* Chavacano: ministro
* → Tagalog: ministro

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ministro
* first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

### Further reading

* “ministro”, 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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ministro, from Latin minister.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /miˈnistɾo/ [mɪˈn̪is.t̪ɾo]
* Rhymes: -istɾo
* Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro

### Noun

ministro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)
* minister
** (Christianity) person trained to perform religious ceremonies
** (government) politician who heads a ministry

#### Derived terms

* punong ministro

#### Related terms

* administra
* administrado
* administrador
* administrasyon
* administratibo
* maestro
* ministeryal
* ministeryo

#### See also

* kalihim
* komisaryo

### Further reading

* “ministro”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024