escravo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) slave (person owned as property)
2. (masculine) slave (person forced to work against their will)
3. (figuratively, masculine) slave (person in a servile condition)
4. (figuratively, masculine) slave (one who is completely enthralled or controlled by a given entity or phenomenon)
5. (masculine) slave (device subject to control by another device)
6. (masculine) slave (submissive partner in BDSM play)

Adj

involving or relating to slavery

Concepts

slave

thrall

serf

bondman

slavish

striver

villein

busy bee

mancipee

bondsman

hard worker

helot

Opposite of

mestre

Synonyms

escrava

servo

servidor

cativo

escravista

Translations

esclave

esclavo

Sklave

schiavo

slaaf

esclau

servus

Sklavin

δούλος

esclava

serf

σκλάβος

schiava

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈkɾa.vu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“a Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of eslavo, esloveno, esclavão / eslavão, and tchau / chau.