estro

See also: -estro

English

Noun

estro (uncountable)

1. (transgender slang) Clipping of estrogen.

   Synonym: E

   • 2019, glass beach, “​yoshi’s island”, in the first glass beach album:

     With spiro and estro from Vanuatu / What the hell do you think that'll do to you?

Translations

Translations

French: œstro (fr), estro (fr)

Anagrams

• Soter, Resto, sorte, rotes, torse, store, toers, resto, tores, roset, Oster

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -estro (“leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈestro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -estro
• Hyphenation: es‧tro

Noun

estro (accusative singular estron, plural estroj, accusative plural estrojn)

1. a leader, head of something
2. (video games) a boss

Related terms

• Category:Esperanto terms suffixed with -estro

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈestɾo/ [ˈes̺.t̪ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -estɾo
• Hyphenation: es‧tro

Etymology 1

Back-formation from estrar (“to pave”).

Noun

estro m (plural estros)

1. (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals

   Synonyms: estrume, mulido

2. oven floor

Related terms

• estrar
• estrumar
• estrumeira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

estro

1. first-person singular present indicative of estrar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɛstro
• Hyphenation: è‧stro

Noun

estro m (plural estri)

1. inspiration
2. gift, bent
3. (biology) oestrus, rut

Derived terms

• estrale

Anagrams

• resto, restò, roste, serto, sorte, terso, torse

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: es‧tro

Noun

estro m (plural estros)

1. heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)

   Synonym: cio

Further reading

• “estro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “estro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈestɾo/ [ˈes.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -estɾo
• Syllabification: es‧tro

Noun

estro m (uncountable)

1. gadfly
2. inspiration

   Synonym: inspiración

3. estrus

   Synonym: celo

Further reading

• “estro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• resto, toser, restó, retos, teros, terso