kastrato

Cebuano

Etymology

From English castrato, from Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).

Noun

kastrato

  1. a male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice
  2. a male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty

Esperanto

Noun

kastrato (accusative singular kastraton, plural kastratoj, accusative plural kastratojn)

  1. singular present nominal passive participle of kastri
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