Castro

See also: castro, castró, and castrò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castro. The neighborhood is named after Californio politician José Castro (1808–1860).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæstɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Castro

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, known for its LGBT community.

Derived terms

• Castrism
• Castrist
• Castro clone
• Castroist
• Castroite
• Castrophile

 

Translations

surname​

• Armenian: Կաստրո (Kastro)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡斯特羅 / 卡斯特罗 (zh) (Kǎsītèluó)

• Greek: Κάστρο (el) (Kástro)
• Portuguese: Castro (pt)
• Russian: Ка́стро (ru) (Kástro)
• Spanish: Castro (es)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Castro is the 138^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 184,134 individuals. Castro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Castro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castro District, San Francisco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Castor, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

Galician

Etymology

From castro.

Proper noun

Castro

1. a habitational surname

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Spanish Castro. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cas‧tro

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾo/, [ˈkas.tɾo]

Proper noun

Castro

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Crasto

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Castro, from castro (“fortification”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish Castro.

The municipality in Brazil was named after Portuguese minister Martinho de Melo e Castro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tɾu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.tɾu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
• Homophone: castro
• Hyphenation: Cas‧tro

Proper noun

Castro

1. a toponym indicating the presence of a fort.
2. A city and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.

Derived terms

• Castro Daire
• Castro de Avelãs
• Castro Laboreiro
• Castro Marim
• Castro Verde
• Castro Vicente

 

Proper noun

Castro m or f by sense

1. a toponymic surname

Spanish

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Latin castra (“military camp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾo/ [ˈkas.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: Cas‧tro

Proper noun

Castro m or f by sense

1. a surname, mostly associated with the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
2. A city and commune in Chile.
3. (historical) A department of Chile