estro
See also: -estro
English
Noun
estro (uncountable)
- (transgender slang) Clipping of estrogen.
- Synonym: E
- 2019, glass beach, “yoshi’s island”, in the first glass beach album:
- With spiro and estro from Vanuatu / What the hell do you think that'll do to you?
Translations
Anagrams
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈestɾo/ [ˈes̺.t̪ɾʊ]
- Rhymes: -estɾo
- Hyphenation: es‧tro
Etymology 1
Back-formation from estrar (“to pave”).
Noun
estro m (plural estros)
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estro”, 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), “estro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
estro
- first-person singular present indicative of estrar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tro/
- Rhymes: -ɛstro
- Hyphenation: è‧stro
Noun
estro m (plural estri)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈɛʃ.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛʃ.tɾu/
- Hyphenation: es‧tro
Noun
estro m (plural estros)
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024