mastro
Portuguese, noun/ˈmas.tɾu/
mastro is spelled M-A-S-T-R-O (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mastro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mast (support of a sail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “haste sobre a qual se iça uma bandeira”.
What does mastro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemast (support of a sail)
- 2
masculineflagpole (pole for hoisting flags)
- 3
Brazilinformalmasculinepenis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. haste sobre a qual se iça uma bandeira 2. madeiro alto e esguio revestido de folhagens e flores que se coloca em certos lugares prenunciando período festivo 3. peça de madeira ou de metal, alta e reta, montada verticalmente no centro e nas extremidades das embarcações, para sustentação das velas 4. peça alta e reta, fixada no piso, destinada à prática de exercícios
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 mastro
- mastros plural
- masto alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mastro?
- Brazil /ˈmas.tɾu/
- /ˈmaʃ.tɾu/
- Portugal /ˈmaʃ.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 mastro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mastro in Portuguese?
mastro appears 2.5 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).