maestro

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪstɹoʊ/, /maɪˈɛstɹoʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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maestro (plural maestros or maestri)

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

     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.

• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/ [maˈes.tɾo]
• IPA^(key): /maˈʔestɾo/ [maˈʔes.tɾo]
• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro

maéstro (feminine maestra, Basahan spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜍᜓ)

1. music conductor
2. professor, lecturer

   Synonym: propesor

3. (by extension) teacher

   Synonyms: paratukdo, paraturo

Borrowed from Spanish maestro.

• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro
• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/ [mɐˈis̪.t̪ɾ̪o]

maéstro (feminine maestra, Badlit spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

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

maéstro (Badlit spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

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/, [ˈmɑ̝e̞s̠.tro̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑestro
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧est‧ro

maestro

1. maestro

• “maestro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magistrum. Doublet of magister, borrowed from Latin, maître, inherited from Latin, and master, borrowed from English.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɛs.tʁo/, /ma.es.tʁo/ ~ /ma.ɛs.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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈɛs.tro/
• Rhymes: -tro
• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro

maestro (plural maestro-maestro, first-person possessive maestroku, second-person possessive maestromu, third-person possessive maestronya)

1. maestro: a master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.

   Synonym: empu

• “maestro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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, metr, 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.^[1][2] Doublet of mestre, magíster, máster, and míster.

• Hyphenation: ma‧es‧tro

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

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

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

maèstro m (Cyrillic spelling маѐстро)

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

• maeso (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /maˈestɾo/ [maˈes.t̪ɾo]

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  • Rhymes: -estɾo
• IPA^(key): /ˈmaestɾo/ [ˈma.es.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -aestɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧es‧tro

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

1. master
2. (master) craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker
3. (especially Latin America) a male teacher

   Synonym: profesor

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

1. master
2. expert

   Synonym: experto

• “maestro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

maestro c

1. (chiefly music) a maestro

• mästare

• maestro in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• maestro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• maysto — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography, teacher
• maisto — obsolete, teacher
• mestro — teacher

Borrowed from Spanish maestro, from Latin magister, magistrum. Compare Kapampangan mestru and English master. Doublet of mister.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈʔestɾo/ [mɐˈʔɛs.t̪ɾo], /maˈestɾo/ [mɐˈɛs.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -estɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧es‧tro

maestro (feminine maestra, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ or ᜋᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. (music) (male) music conductor
2. (dated) (male) teacher

   Synonyms: guro, titser

• “maestro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 402: “Maeſtro) Mayſto (pp) C, de eſcuela o de enseñar”

Borrowed from Italian maestro.

• IPA^(key): [maːestɾo]

maestro (definite accusative maestroyu, plural maestrolar)

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

Inflection
Nominative	maestro
Definite accusative	maestroyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maestro	maestrolar
Definite accusative	maestroyu	maestroları
Dative	maestroya	maestrolara
Locative	maestroda	maestrolarda
Ablative	maestrodan	maestrolardan
Genitive	maestronun	maestroların