castro
Meaning
castrar
- to castrate, to geld
- (figuratively) to weaken, neuter; to make less forceful.
Synonyms
Translations
kale
castrum
burcht
Festung
alcàsser
قِلْعَة
κάστροFrequency
Hyphenated as
cas‧tro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkastɾo/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin castrum. Also survives natively in several Spanish toponyms. Doublet of alcázar, which came through Arabic.
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