estro
See also: -estro
English
Noun
estro (uncountable)
- (slang) Clipping of estrogen.
Esperanto
Etymology
Back-formation from -estro (“leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [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
Etymology
Back-formation from estrar (“to pave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈestɾo̝/
Noun
estro m (plural estros)
- (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
- Synonyms: estrume, mulido
- oven floor
Related terms
- estrar
- estrumar
- estrumeira
References
- “estro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “estro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “estro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.stro/
- Rhymes: -ɛstro
- Hyphenation: è‧stro
Noun
estro m (plural estri)
- inspiration
- gift, bent
- (biology) oestrus, rut
Anagrams
- resto, restò, roste, serto, sorte, terso, torse
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
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(key): /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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- resto, toser, restó, retos, teros, terso