míster
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- mister (unadapted form)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English mister. Doublet of máster, maestro, magíster, and mestre.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mís‧ter
Noun edit
míster m (plural (Brazil) místers or (Portugal) místeres)
- (soccer, colloquial) coach, trainer
- Synonym: treinador
- (Brazil) mister (title conferred on an adult male), especially when referring to Anglophones
- Synonym: senhor
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English mister. Doublet of maestro.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
míster m (plural místeres, feminine miss, feminine plural misses)
- Mister (winner in a male beauty contest)
Noun edit
míster m (plural místeres)
- (colloquial) coach (sports trainer or instructor, especially football)
- Synonyms: (Spain) entrenador, (Latin America) DT
Further reading edit
- “míster”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014