maestro

Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magister (“master”). Doublet of magister and master.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪstɹoʊ/

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maestro (plural maestros or maestri)

1. (chiefly music) A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.
   • 1992, Andre R. Young, Tracy Curry, Calvin Broadus, and Leon Haywood (lyrics), Andre R. Young (music), “Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang”, in The Chronic, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg):

     You've never been on a ride like this before; with a producer who can rap and control the maestro.

2. (slang) A gang elder in prison.

• master

• Masoret, Moretas, amorets, artsome, masoret, omertas, omertàs, roamest, tarsome

Borrowed from Spanish maestro.

• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro
• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/

maestro (feminine maestra)

1. professor

   Synonym: propesor

2. (in extension) teacher

   Synonyms: paratukdo, paraturo

Borrowed from Spanish maestro.

• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro
• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/, [mʌˈis̪.t̪ɾ̪ʊ]

maestro (feminine maestra)

1. a male teacher, professor, or faculty member
2. (derogatory) an advocate or promoter of something illegal or unethical

maestro

1. to be a teacher; to become a teacher; to study to become a teacher
2. (derogatory) to promote something illegal or unethical
3. (derogatory) to be an advocate or promoter of something illegal or unethical

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maestro.

Borrowed from Italian maestro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑestro/, [ˈmɑe̞s̠t̪ro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑestro
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧est‧ro

maestro

1. maestro

Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of maître, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɛs.tʁo/, /ma.es.tʁo/

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maestro m (plural maestros)

1. maestro

• “maestro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

maestro (plural maestros)

1. master

From Latin magistrum. Doublet of mastro.

• IPA^(key): /maˈɛ.stro/, /maˈe.stro/[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛstro, -estro
• Hyphenation: ma‧è‧stro, ma‧é‧stro

maestro m (plural maestri, feminine maestra)

1. teacher (primary school)
2. master
3. mast
4. (music) conductor

   Synonym: direttore d'orchestra

5. wright
6. (meteorology) mistral (maestrale wind)

• insegnante
• docente
• precettore
• professore
• aio
• educatore

maestro (feminine maestra, masculine plural maestri, feminine plural maestre)

1. proficient, accomplished, expert
2. main, most important

• maestramente

• maèstro¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• maèstro² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• mortase, mortesa, ormaste, staremo

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of magister, majster, and mistrz.

• IPA^(key): /maˈɛs.trɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstrɔ
• Syllabification: ma‧es‧tro

maestro m pers

1. maestro (unofficial title of distinguished musicians, especially conductors)

• maestro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• maestro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of mestre, magíster, and máster.

maestro m (plural maestros, feminine maestrina, feminine plural maestrinas)

1. (music) conductor (person who conducts an orchestra)

• “maestro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “maestro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /maěstro/
• Hyphenation: ma‧e‧stro

maèstro m (Cyrillic spelling маѐстро)

1. (music) maestro (unofficial title of distinguished musicians, especially conductors)

• maeso (obsolete)

From Latin magister, magistrum. Doublet of magíster, borrowed from Latin, and máster, borrowed from English.

• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/ [maˈes.t̪ɾo]
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  • Rhymes: -estɾo
  • Syllabification: ma‧es‧tro
• IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯stro/

maestro m (plural maestros, feminine maestra, feminine plural maestras)

1. (especially Latin America) teacher

   Synonym: profesor

2. master
3. (master) craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker

• maestrx

maestro (feminine maestra, masculine plural maestros, feminine plural maestras)

1. expert, master

• maestral
• maestranza
• magisterio
• maese

• → Bikol Central: maestro
• → Cebuano: maestro
• → Tataltepec Chatino: mstru
• → Tagalog: maestro

• “maestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish maestro.

• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro
• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/, [mɐˈes.tɾo]

maestro (feminine maestra)

1. a male teacher

   Synonyms: guro, titser

Borrowed from Italian maestro.

• IPA^(key): [maːestɾo]

maestro (definite accusative maestroyu, plural maestrolar)

1. maestro, a composer
2. conductor of an orchestra