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ministro.

minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/miˈnis.tɾu/Brazil/miˈniʃ.tɾu/Rio-de-Janeiro/mɨˈniʃ.tɾu/Portugal/miˈniʃ.tɾu/Portugal
  1. minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)

    masculine
  2. one who does something on behalf of the church

    masculine
  3. minister (rank below ambassador)

    masculine
  4. agent (one who acts for or in the place of another)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrum (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).

verb/miˈnis.tɾu/Brazil/miˈniʃ.tɾu/Rio-de-Janeiro/mɨˈniʃ.tɾu/Portugal/miˈniʃ.tɾu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of ministrar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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