estro
See also: -estro
English edit
Noun edit
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?
Translations edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from -estro (“leader”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estro (accusative singular estron, plural estroj, accusative plural estrojn)
- a leader, head of something
- (video games) a boss
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Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from estrar (“to pave”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estro m (plural estros)
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References edit
- “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.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
estro
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estro m (plural estri)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧tro
Noun edit
estro m (plural estros)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
estro m (uncountable)
- gadfly
- inspiration
- Synonym: inspiración
- estrus
- Synonym: celo
Further reading edit
- “estro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014