A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes.
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Castrato
//kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ//
Synonyms for "castrato" (7 found)
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32 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- кастриран adj (adjective: castrated)
- евнух noun (male who has been castrated)
- кастрат noun (male who has been castrated)
- кастрат noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 閹伶 /阉伶 noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Dutch
4 entries- castraat adj (having, using or containing the voice of a castrato)
- castrato adj (having, using or containing the voice of a castrato)
- gecastreerd adj (adjective: castrated)
- castraat noun (male who has been castrated)
French
1 entries- castrat noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
German
2 entries- Kastrat noun (male who has been castrated)
- Kastrat noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Greek
2 entries- εκτομίας noun (male who has been castrated)
- καστράτος noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Italian
1 entries- castrato noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Japanese
2 entries- カストラート noun (male who has been castrated)
- カストラート noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Polish
4 entries- eunuch noun (male who has been castrated)
- kastrat noun (male who has been castrated)
- kastrat noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
- rzezaniec noun (male who has been castrated)
Spanish
2 entries- castrado noun (male who has been castrated)
- castrado noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Swedish
3 entries- kastrat noun (male who has been castrated)
- kastrat noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
- kastratsångare noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Turkish
1 entries- kastrato noun (male soprano or alto voice; the singer)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage.
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Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.
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