"maitro" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈmaitɾo/, [ˈmai̯.t̪ɾo] Forms: maitros [plural], maitra [feminine], maitras [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -aitɾo Etymology: From maestro. Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} maitro m (plural maitros, feminine maitra, feminine plural maitras)
  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) man (or woman, lady, in the feminine), adult acquaintance or friend 20 years or older (typically older than 30, and typically older than the speaker) who receives respect due to being at work or being skilled at something Tags: El-Salvador, colloquial, masculine

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From maestro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maitros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maitra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maitras",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "maitro m (plural maitros, feminine maitra, feminine plural maitras)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mai‧tro"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mai‧tro"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Salvadoran Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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              3,
              9
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          ],
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            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The woman from the pupusería told us the rumour.",
          "text": "La maitra de la pupusería nos contó el chambre.",
          "translation": "The woman from the pupusería told us the rumour.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "The man from the cornerstore refused to give me a loan.",
          "text": "El maitro de la tienda de la esquina no me quiso dar fiado.",
          "translation": "The man from the cornerstore refused to give me a loan.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The forty-fifth birthday of the man who teaches soccer is coming soon.",
          "text": "Ya va a ser el cumpleaños cuarenta y cinco del maitro que enseña fútbol.",
          "translation": "The forty-fifth birthday of the man who teaches soccer is coming soon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              70,
              76
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              134,
              141
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(in a sarcastic tone) And more than anything else, he (president Nayib Bukele) is one of us. It is enough to see how he runs like any old man from your neighborhood after igniting some fireworks.",
          "ref": "2019 January 11, Willian Carballo, “Lo que nos negamos a ver de Nayib, Hugo y Carlos”, in ElFaro.net, El Salvador:",
          "text": "Y sobre todo, es uno de nosotros. Basta ver cómo corre como cualquier maitro de colonia el 31 de diciembre después de prenderle fuego a los cuetes.",
          "translation": "(in a sarcastic tone) And more than anything else, he (president Nayib Bukele) is one of us. It is enough to see how he runs like any old man from your neighborhood after igniting some fireworks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man (or woman, lady, in the feminine), adult acquaintance or friend 20 years or older (typically older than 30, and typically older than the speaker) who receives respect due to being at work or being skilled at something"
      ],
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          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "lady",
          "lady"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, El Salvador) man (or woman, lady, in the feminine), adult acquaintance or friend 20 years or older (typically older than 30, and typically older than the speaker) who receives respect due to being at work or being skilled at something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaitɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmai̯.t̪ɾo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aitɾo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maitro"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From maestro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maitros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maitra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maitras",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "maitro m (plural maitros, feminine maitra, feminine plural maitras)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mai‧tro"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mai‧tro"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/aitɾo",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/aitɾo/2 syllables",
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        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish colloquialisms",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with quotations",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "The woman from the pupusería told us the rumour.",
          "text": "La maitra de la pupusería nos contó el chambre.",
          "translation": "The woman from the pupusería told us the rumour.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The man from the cornerstore refused to give me a loan.",
          "text": "El maitro de la tienda de la esquina no me quiso dar fiado.",
          "translation": "The man from the cornerstore refused to give me a loan.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The forty-fifth birthday of the man who teaches soccer is coming soon.",
          "text": "Ya va a ser el cumpleaños cuarenta y cinco del maitro que enseña fútbol.",
          "translation": "The forty-fifth birthday of the man who teaches soccer is coming soon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              70,
              76
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              134,
              141
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(in a sarcastic tone) And more than anything else, he (president Nayib Bukele) is one of us. It is enough to see how he runs like any old man from your neighborhood after igniting some fireworks.",
          "ref": "2019 January 11, Willian Carballo, “Lo que nos negamos a ver de Nayib, Hugo y Carlos”, in ElFaro.net, El Salvador:",
          "text": "Y sobre todo, es uno de nosotros. Basta ver cómo corre como cualquier maitro de colonia el 31 de diciembre después de prenderle fuego a los cuetes.",
          "translation": "(in a sarcastic tone) And more than anything else, he (president Nayib Bukele) is one of us. It is enough to see how he runs like any old man from your neighborhood after igniting some fireworks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man (or woman, lady, in the feminine), adult acquaintance or friend 20 years or older (typically older than 30, and typically older than the speaker) who receives respect due to being at work or being skilled at something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "lady",
          "lady"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, El Salvador) man (or woman, lady, in the feminine), adult acquaintance or friend 20 years or older (typically older than 30, and typically older than the speaker) who receives respect due to being at work or being skilled at something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaitɾo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmai̯.t̪ɾo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aitɾo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maitro"
}

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