monstro
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /monstroː/, [mɔnsˈtˢʁ̥oːˀ]
- IPA(key): /mɔnstroː/, [mʌnsˈtˢʁ̥oːˀ]
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmonstro/
- Hyphenation: mon‧stro
- Rhymes: -onstro
Galician
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
monstro m (plural monstros)
- monster (terrifying and dangerous, wild or fictional creature)
- monstrosity, mutant, aberration
- extremely cruel or antisocial person, especially a criminal
Ido
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmonstro/, [ˈmon̪s̪.t̪r̺o]
- Hyphenation: món‧stro
Latin
Etymology
From mōnstrum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmon.stroː/, [ˈmõː.stroː]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Verb
mōnstrō (present infinitive mōnstrāre, perfect active mōnstrāvī, supine mōnstrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Anglo-Norman: mustrer
- → English: muster
- Aragonese: mostrar
- Asturian: amosar
- Corsican: mustrà, muscià
- French: montrer
- Friulian: mostrâ
- Galician: amosar
- Italian: mostrare
- Occitan: muishar
- Old Occitan: mostrar
- Old Portuguese: mostrar
- Romanian: mustra, mustrare
- Romansch: mussar, musser, muossar
- Sardinian: mostrai, ammostai, multrare, mustrare
- Sicilian: mustrari
- Spanish: mostrar
- Venetian: mostrar
- Walloon: mostrer
References
- monstro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monstro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- monstro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare
- (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
- (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta
- (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
- to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmõʃ.tɾu/
Noun
monstro m (plural monstros)
- monster
- a fictional creature with hideous traits, often evil, dangerous and associated with horror fiction
- Vi um filme de monstro hoje. ― I've seen a monster movie today.
- (figuratively) a person who acts cruelly or performs very immoral acts
- Esses assassinos são uns monstros! ― Those murderers are monsters!
- a fictional creature with hideous traits, often evil, dangerous and associated with horror fiction
- (figuratively) an ugly person
- (slang, bodybuilding) an excessively muscular person, often a man
Derived terms
- monstrengo
- monstruosidade
- monstruoso
Related terms
Adjective
monstro m (feminine singular monstra, masculine plural monstros, feminine plural monstras, comparable)
- (slang) incredible, amazing, astonishing
- Jogada monstra! ― Amazing move!
- (slang, of a person) very muscular or excessively fit
- Depois de muito treino, fiquei monstro! ― After much training, I became very muscular!
- (slang, of a person, usually followed by related activity) remarkably good at something
- Você é monstro no basquete! ― You play basketball amazingly!
Inflection
Inflection of monstro
singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | monstro | monstra | monstros | monstras |
comparative | mais monstro | mais monstra | mais monstros | mais monstras |
superlative | o mais monstro monstríssimo |
a mais monstra monstríssima |
os mais monstros monstríssimos |
as mais monstras monstríssimas |
augmentative | monstrão | monstrona | monstrões | monstronas |
diminutive | monstrinho | monstrinha | monstrinhos | monstrinhas |
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