ministro
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish ministro.
Noun
ministro
- minister
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [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”).
Noun
ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)
- minister
Derived terms
- ministrable
Related terms
- ministerio m
Italian
Etymology
From Latin minister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈni.stro/
Audio (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 Trenta
- the 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) IPA(key): /miˈnis.troː/, [mɪˈnɪs̠t̪roː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈnis.tro/, [miˈnist̪ro]
Verb
ministrō (present infinitive ministrāre, perfect active ministrāvī, supine ministrātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I attend, wait upon, serve
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Matthew 4:11:
- tunc reliquit eum diabolus et ecce angeli accesserunt et ministrabant ei
- Then the devil left him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
- tunc reliquit eum diabolus et ecce angeli accesserunt et ministrabant ei
- (transitive) I manage, govern, take care of
- (transitive) I do, execute, carry out
Conjugation
Conjugation of ministrō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | ministrō | ministrās | ministrat | ministrāmus | ministrātis | ministrant |
imperfect | ministrābam | ministrābās | ministrābat | ministrābāmus | ministrābātis | ministrābant | |
future | ministrābō | ministrābis | ministrābit | ministrābimus | ministrābitis | ministrābunt | |
perfect | ministrāvī | ministrāvistī, ministrāstī1 | ministrāvit, ministrāt1 | ministrāvimus, ministrāmus1 | ministrāvistis, ministrāstis1 | ministrāvērunt, ministrāvēre, ministrārunt1 | |
pluperfect | ministrāveram, ministrāram1 | ministrāverās, ministrārās1 | ministrāverat, ministrārat1 | ministrāverāmus, ministrārāmus1 | ministrāverātis, ministrārātis1 | ministrāverant, ministrārant1 | |
future perfect | ministrāverō, ministrārō1 | ministrāveris, ministrāris1 | ministrāverit, ministrārit1 | ministrāverimus, ministrārimus1 | ministrāveritis, ministrāritis1 | ministrāverint, ministrārint1 | |
passive | present | ministror | ministrāris, ministrāre | ministrātur | ministrāmur | ministrāminī | ministrantur |
imperfect | ministrābar | ministrābāris, ministrābāre | ministrābātur | ministrābāmur | ministrābāminī | ministrābantur | |
future | ministrābor | ministrāberis, ministrābere | ministrābitur | ministrābimur | ministrābiminī | ministrābuntur | |
perfect | ministrātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | ministrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | ministrātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | ministrem | ministrēs | ministret | ministrēmus | ministrētis | ministrent |
imperfect | ministrārem | ministrārēs | ministrāret | ministrārēmus | ministrārētis | ministrārent | |
perfect | ministrāverim, ministrārim1 | ministrāverīs, ministrārīs1 | ministrāverit, ministrārit1 | ministrāverīmus, ministrārīmus1 | ministrāverītis, ministrārītis1 | ministrāverint, ministrārint1 | |
pluperfect | ministrāvissem, ministrāssem1 | ministrāvissēs, ministrāssēs1 | ministrāvisset, ministrāsset1 | ministrāvissēmus, ministrāssēmus1 | ministrāvissētis, ministrāssētis1 | ministrāvissent, ministrāssent1 | |
passive | present | ministrer | ministrēris, ministrēre | ministrētur | ministrēmur | ministrēminī | ministrentur |
imperfect | ministrārer | ministrārēris, ministrārēre | ministrārētur | ministrārēmur | ministrārēminī | ministrārentur | |
perfect | ministrātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | ministrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | ministrā | — | — | ministrāte | — |
future | — | ministrātō | ministrātō | — | ministrātōte | ministrantō | |
passive | present | — | ministrāre | — | — | ministrāminī | — |
future | — | ministrātor | ministrātor | — | — | ministrantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | ministrāre | ministrāvisse, ministrāsse1 | ministrātūrum esse | ministrārī | ministrātum esse | ministrātum īrī | |
participles | ministrāns | — | ministrātūrus | — | ministrātus | ministrandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
ministrandī | ministrandō | ministrandum | ministrandō | ministrātum | ministrātū |
1At 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
- ⇒ Italian: minestra
- → Alemannic German: Manestre
- ⇒ Italian: minestra
- 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
- to serve some one with drink: alicui bibere ministrare
Lithuanian
Noun
ministro m
- genitive singular of ministras
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈnis.tɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /miˈniʃ.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈnis.tɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /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
Related terms
- ministerial
- ministério
- ministração
- ministrado
- ministrador
- ministral
- ministrar
- ministrável
Verb
ministro
- first-person singular present indicative of ministrar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin minister, ministrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾo]
- Rhymes: -istɾo
- Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro
Noun
ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)
- minister
Derived terms
- consejo de ministros
- ministrable
- primer ministro
Related terms
- ministerio m
Descendants
- Chavacano: ministro
- → Tagalog: ministro
Verb
ministro
- first-person singular present indicative of ministrar
Further reading
- “ministro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ministro, from Latin minister.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro
- IPA(key): /miˈnistɾo/, [mɪˈnis.tɾo]
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
- ministeryal
- ministeryo
See also
- kalihim
- komisaryo