maestro
Portuguese, noun/maˈɛs.tɾu/
maestro is spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-O (7 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maestro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “conductor (person who conducts an orchestra)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que rege uma orquestra ou coro”.
What does maestro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconductor (person who conducts an orchestra)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que rege uma orquestra ou coro 2. virtuose 3. grande compositor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maestro
- maestros plural
- maestrina feminine
- maestrinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maestro?
- Brazil /maˈɛs.tɾu/
- /maˈɛʃ.tɾu/
- Portugal /mɐˈɛʃ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maestro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maestro in Portuguese?
maestro appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).