English

Proper noun

Castro

1. A surname​.
2. A gayborhood area of San Francisco

Portuguese

Etymology

From castro ‎(“fortification”).

The municipality in Paraná was named after Portuguese minister Martinho de Mello e Castro^[1].

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.tɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tɾo/

Proper noun

Castro m f

1. A habitational surname​.

Proper noun

Castro f

1. Castro (a city and municipality in Paraná, Brazil)

References

1. ↑ 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Latin castra ‎(“military camp”).

Proper noun

Castro m

1. A surname​.

Catalan

Verb

castro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of castrar

Italian

Verb

castro

1. first-person singular present indicative of castrare

Anagrams

• crosta
• scarto, scartò
• scorta
• storca

Latin

Etymology

Denominative in -ō from a lost instrumental noun, Proto-Italic *kastrom ‎(“knife”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- ‎(“to cut up, to slaughter”). See also castrum, careō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.troː/

Verb

castrō ‎(present infinitive castrāre, perfect active castrāvī, supine castrātum); first conjugation

1. I prune
2. I ampute
3. I punish
4. I purge
5. I castrate or spay
6. I dock (a tail)

Inflection

Derived terms

• castrātus
• castrātiō

Descendants

References

• castro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CASTRO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “castro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 586

Portuguese

castro

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.tɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tɾu/, /ˈkaʃ.tɾu/
• Hyphenation: cas‧tro

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- ‎(“to cut, cut off, separate”).

Cognate with Galician castro, Spanish castro and Romanian castru.

Noun

castro m (plural castros)

1. fort (of Roman or prehistoric origin)
2. a fortified pre-Roman Iron Age village frequently found in the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula

Derived terms

• castrejo
• Castro

Related terms

• alcácer
• castelo

See also

• cividade
• citânia

Etymology 2

Verb

castro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of castrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castrum.

Noun

castro m ‎(plural castros)

1. fort, fortified settlement

Verb

castro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of castrar.