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

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.
(transitive) I manage, govern, take care of
(transitive) I do, execute, carry out

Conjugation

Conjugation of ministrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ministrā	—	—	ministrāte	—
active	future	—	ministrātō	ministrātō	—	ministrātōte	ministrantō
passive	present	—	ministrāre	—	—	ministrāminī	—
passive	future	—	ministrātor	ministrātor	—	—	ministrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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
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

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

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
1. (Christianity) person trained to perform religious ceremonies
2. (government) politician who heads a ministry

Derived terms

punong ministro

Related terms

ministeryal
ministeryo

ministro

Chavacano

Etymology

Noun

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Related terms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Descendants

Noun

References

Lithuanian

Noun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

See also