estro
See also: -estro
English
Noun
estro (uncountable)
- (LGBT, slang) Clipping of estrogen.
- 2019, glass beach (lyrics and music), “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?
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 1
Back-formation from estrar (“to pave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈestɾo̝/
Noun
estro m (plural estros)
Related terms
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
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
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
Further reading
- “estro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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