Castro
Sentences
Eu leio poemas do Castro Alves de vez em quando .
I read poems by Castro Alves from time to time.
Meaning
- a toponym indicating the presence of a fort
- a city and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
Concepts
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkas.tɾu/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Castro, from castro (“fortification”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish Castro. The municipality in Brazil was named after Portuguese minister Martinho de Melo e Castro.
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