ministro

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ministro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/, [miˈnis̪.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro (plural ministros)

1. minister

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [miˈnistro]
• Rhymes: -istro
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro (accusative singular ministron, plural ministroj, accusative plural ministrojn)

1. (politics) minister (politician who heads a ministry)

Derived terms

• ĉefministro, ministroprezidanto (“prime minister, premier”)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrum (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [mĩˈnis̺.t̪ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

1. minister

Derived terms

• ministrable

Related terms

• ministerio m

Further reading

• “ministro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “ministro” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin minister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈni.stro/

• Audio (female voice "un ministro"):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -istro
• Hyphenation: mi‧nì‧stro

Noun

ministro m (plural ministri, feminine ministra)

1. minister

Usage notes

• In the sense “politician who heads a ministry” the masculine form is used regardless of gender, especially in formal usage:

  il Ministro della Difesa Elisabetta Trenta

  the Minister for Defence Elisabetta Trenta

• The form ministra is becoming more accepted in contemporary usage and is also used by some newspapers.

Related terms

• ministeriale
• ministero

 

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From minister (“attendant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.troː/, [mɪˈnɪs̠t̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tro/, [miˈnist̪ro]

Verb

ministrō (present infinitive ministrāre, perfect active ministrāvī, supine ministrātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to attend, wait upon, serve
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Matthew.4.11:

     tunc reliquit eum diabolus et ecce angeli accesserunt et ministrabant ei

     Then the devil left him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

2. (transitive) to manage, govern, take care of
3. (transitive) to do, execute, carry out

Conjugation

Conjugation of ministrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ministrō	ministrās	ministrat	ministrāmus	ministrātis	ministrant
	imperfect	ministrābam	ministrābās	ministrābat	ministrābāmus	ministrābātis	ministrābant
	future	ministrābō	ministrābis	ministrābit	ministrābimus	ministrābitis	ministrābunt
	perfect	ministrāvī	ministrāvistī, ministrāstī1	ministrāvit, ministrāt1	ministrāvimus, ministrāmus1	ministrāvistis, ministrāstis1	ministrāvērunt, ministrāvēre, ministrārunt1
	pluperfect	ministrāveram, ministrāram1	ministrāverās, ministrārās1	ministrāverat, ministrārat1	ministrāverāmus, ministrārāmus1	ministrāverātis, ministrārātis1	ministrāverant, ministrārant1
	future perfect	ministrāverō, ministrārō1	ministrāveris, ministrāris1	ministrāverit, ministrārit1	ministrāverimus, ministrārimus1	ministrāveritis, ministrāritis1	ministrāverint, ministrārint1
passive	present	ministror	ministrāris, ministrāre	ministrātur	ministrāmur	ministrāminī	ministrantur
	imperfect	ministrābar	ministrābāris, ministrābāre	ministrābātur	ministrābāmur	ministrābāminī	ministrābantur
	future	ministrābor	ministrāberis, ministrābere	ministrābitur	ministrābimur	ministrābiminī	ministrābuntur
	perfect	ministrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ministrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ministrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ministrem	ministrēs	ministret	ministrēmus	ministrētis	ministrent
	imperfect	ministrārem	ministrārēs	ministrāret	ministrārēmus	ministrārētis	ministrārent
	perfect	ministrāverim, ministrārim1	ministrāverīs, ministrārīs1	ministrāverit, ministrārit1	ministrāverīmus, ministrārīmus1	ministrāverītis, ministrārītis1	ministrāverint, ministrārint1
	pluperfect	ministrāvissem, ministrāssem1	ministrāvissēs, ministrāssēs1	ministrāvisset, ministrāsset1	ministrāvissēmus, ministrāssēmus1	ministrāvissētis, ministrāssētis1	ministrāvissent, ministrāssent1
passive	present	ministrer	ministrēris, ministrēre	ministrētur	ministrēmur	ministrēminī	ministrentur
	imperfect	ministrārer	ministrārēris, ministrārēre	ministrārētur	ministrārēmur	ministrārēminī	ministrārentur
	perfect	ministrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ministrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ministrā	—	—	ministrāte	—
	future	—	ministrātō	ministrātō	—	ministrātōte	ministrantō
passive	present	—	ministrāre	—	—	ministrāminī	—
	future	—	ministrātor	ministrātor	—	—	ministrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ministrāre	ministrāvisse, ministrāsse1	ministrātūrum esse	ministrārī	ministrātum esse	ministrātum īrī
participles		ministrāns	—	ministrātūrus	—	ministrātus	ministrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ministrandī	ministrandō	ministrandum	ministrandō	ministrātum	ministrātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• administrō
• ministrātiō
• ministrātor
• ministrātōrius
• ministrātrix
• subministrō

 

Related terms

• minister
• ministeriālis
• ministeriārius
• ministerium
• ministrix
• minstra

 

Descendants

• Italian: minestrare
  • ⇒ Italian: minestra
    • → Alemannic German: Manestre
• Piedmontese: ministré
• → Portuguese: ministrar
• → Spanish: ministrar

Noun

ministrō

1. dative/ablative singular of minister

References

• “ministro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ministro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ministro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to serve some one with drink: alicui bibere ministrare
    

Lithuanian

Noun

ministro m

1. genitive singular of ministras

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• menistro (dated or misspelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miˈniʃ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnis.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈniʃ.tɾu/, /miˈniʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧tro

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrum (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).

Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

1. (politics) minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
2. (Christianity) one who does something on behalf of the church
3. (diplomacy) minister (rank below ambassador)

   Coordinate terms: adido, embaixador, encarregado de negócios, enviado

4. agent (one who acts for or in the place of another)

   Synonyms: agente, executor, intermediário, medianeiro

Derived terms

• ministro de estado
• ministro de primeira classe
• ministro de segunda classe
• ministro plenipotenciário
• primeiro-ministro

 

Related terms

• ministerial
• ministério
• ministração
• ministrado
• ministrador
• ministral
• ministrar
• ministrável

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: ministru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ministro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

References

• 'Diga-se me-nis-tro, e não mi-nis-tro' in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa
• 'Diz-se ministro ou menistro? Vizinho ou vezinho?' in RTP Ensina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [miˈnis.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ministrum.

Noun

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

1. minister

Derived terms

• consejo de ministros
• ministrable
• ministro de Dios
• ministro del sacramento
• ministro del Señor
• primer ministro

 

Related terms

• ministerio m

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: ministro
• → Tagalog: ministro

Etymology 2

Verb

ministro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

Further reading

• “ministro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ministro, from Latin minister.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /miˈnistɾo/ [mɪˈn̪is.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -istɾo
• Syllabification: mi‧nis‧tro

Noun

ministro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

1. minister
   1. (Christianity) person trained to perform religious ceremonies
   2. (government) politician who heads a ministry

Derived terms

• punong ministro

Related terms

• administra
• administrado
• administrador
• administrasyon
• administratibo
• maestro
• ministeryal
• ministeryo

 

See also

• kalihim
• komisaryo

Further reading

• “ministro” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021