castro

== Catalan == === Verb === castro first-person singular present indicative of castrar == Galician == === Alternative forms === crasto === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum. Cognate with Portuguese castro, Spanish castro. See also alcázar, borrowed from Spanish, which entered through Arabic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkastɾo/ [ˈkɑs̺.t̪ɾʊ] Rhymes: -astɾo Hyphenation: cas‧tro === Noun === castro m (plural castros) a local fortified Iron Age village, of which some 3,000 are known in Galicia (by extension) any fortified archaeological site ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Castro (poboado) on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “castro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “castro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “castro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Verb === castro first-person singular present indicative of castrare === Anagrams === crosta, scarto, scartò, scorta, storca == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kastrāō, denominative in -ō perhaps from a lost instrumental noun, Proto-Italic *kastrom (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱstróm (“cutting tool, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut up, to slaughter”); compare Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra, “sword, dagger”). See also castrum, careō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkas.troː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkas.tro] === Verb === castrō (present infinitive castrāre, perfect active castrāvī, supine castrātum); first conjugation to prune to amputate to punish to purge to castrate or spay Late 8th century, unknown author, Lex Frisionum: to dock (a tail) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== castrum (?) ==== Descendants ==== Many reflexes show rhotic metathesis and/or crossing with crista. === References === Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 586 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “castrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 476 === Further reading === “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “castro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu Homophone: Castro Hyphenation: cas‧tro === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to cut, cut off, separate”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish castro. Doublet of alcácer, via Arabic. ==== Alternative forms ==== crasto ==== Noun ==== castro m (plural castros) fort (of Roman or prehistoric origin) a fortified pre-Roman Iron Age village frequently found in the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== cividade citânia === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== castro first-person singular present indicative of castrar === Further reading === “castro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “castro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkastɾo/ [ˈkas.t̪ɾo] Rhymes: -astɾo Syllabification: cas‧tro === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin castrum. Also survives natively in several Spanish toponyms. Doublet of alcázar, which came through Arabic. ==== Noun ==== castro m (plural castros) fort, fortified settlement Synonym: fuerte ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== castro first-person singular present indicative of castrar === Further reading === “castro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “castro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 917