castro

See also: Castro, castró, and castrò

Catalan

Verb

castro

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of castrar

Galician
Castro de Viladonga's aerials view
Castro de Baroña

Alternative forms
  • crasto

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum. Cognate with Portuguese castro, Spanish castro. See also alcázar, borrowed from Spanish, which entered through Arabic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkastɾo̝/

Noun

castro m (plural castros)

  1. a local fortified Iron Age village, of which some 3,000 are known in Galicia
  2. (by extension) any fortified archaeological site

Derived terms

See also

References
  • “castro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “castro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “castro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “castro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “castro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Verb

castro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of castrare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Denominative in -ō perhaps from a lost instrumental noun, Proto-Italic *kastrom (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱos-tróm (“cutting tool, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut up, to slaughter”); compare Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, “sword, dagger”). See also castrum, careō.

Pronunciation

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
   Conjugation of castro (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present castrō castrās castrat castrāmus castrātis castrant
imperfect castrābam castrābās castrābat castrābāmus castrābātis castrābant
future castrābō castrābis castrābit castrābimus castrābitis castrābunt
perfect castrāvī castrāvistī castrāvit castrāvimus castrāvistis castrāvērunt, castrāvēre
pluperfect castrāveram castrāverās castrāverat castrāverāmus castrāverātis castrāverant
future perfect castrāverō castrāveris castrāverit castrāverimus castrāveritis castrāverint
passive present castror castrāris, castrāre castrātur castrāmur castrāminī castrantur
imperfect castrābar castrābāris, castrābāre castrābātur castrābāmur castrābāminī castrābantur
future castrābor castrāberis, castrābere castrābitur castrābimur castrābiminī castrābuntur
perfect castrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect castrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect castrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present castrem castrēs castret castrēmus castrētis castrent
imperfect castrārem castrārēs castrāret castrārēmus castrārētis castrārent
perfect castrāverim castrāverīs castrāverit castrāverimus castrāveritis castrāverint
pluperfect castrāvissem castrāvissēs castrāvisset castrāvissēmus castrāvissētis castrāvissent
passive present castrer castrēris, castrēre castrētur castrēmur castrēminī castrentur
imperfect castrārer castrārēris, castrārēre castrārētur castrārēmur castrārēminī castrārentur
perfect castrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect castrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — castrā — — castrāte —
future — castrātō castrātō — castrātōte castrantō
passive present — castrāre — — castrāminī —
future — castrātor castrātor — — castrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives castrāre castrāvisse castrātūrus esse castrārī castrātus esse castrātum īrī
participles castrāns — castrātūrus — castrātus castrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
castrāre castrandī castrandō castrandum castrātum castrātū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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. Doublet of alcácer, from Arabic.

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
See also
  • cividade
  • citânia

Etymology 2

Verb

castro

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish castro, from Latin castrum. Doublet of alcázar, which came through Arabic.

Noun

castro m (plural castros)

  1. fort, fortified settlement

Verb

castro

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