castro

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) fort (of Roman or prehistoric origin)
2. (masculine) a fortified pre-Roman Iron Age village frequently found in the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of castrar

Hyphenated as

cas‧tro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkas.tɾu/

Etymology

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.