dono

Meaning

1. (masculine) owner
2. (masculine) patriarch; head of a home or family
3. (masculine, term-of-address) master (used by a slave to address his owner)

Concepts

owner

master

possessor

proprietor

leader

leaseholder

servant

boss

sponsor

chief

host

landlord

Synonyms

proprietário

senhor

👨

possuidor

amo

patrão

senhorio

Translations

propriétaire

proprietario

dueño

eigenaar

amo

propietario

propietari

amo

Besitzer

padrone

dominus

bezitter

ιδιοκτήτης

Inhaber

patron

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdõ.nu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dominus

Cognate with Galician: dono

Cognate with Spanish: dueño

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dono, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”), from *dem- (“to build”). Compare Galician dono and Spanish dueño. Doublet of dominó.

Sentences

O gato olhou para o seu dono e sorriu .

The cat looked at its owner and smiled.

Ele é dono da ideia de instabilidade .

He owns the idea of instability.