Master

"Master" in Italian

maestro

(main, principal or predominant)

mastro

(original)

boss

(someone who employs others)

capitano

(captain of a merchant ship)

capo

(someone who employs others)

comandante

(captain of a merchant ship)

maestro

(expert at something)

maestro

(tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices)

maestro

(skilled artist)

master

(original of a document or of a recording)

master

(engineering: device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source)

mastro

(courtesy title of a man)

originale

(original of a document or of a recording)

padrona

(owner of an animal or slave)

padrone

(someone who has control over something or someone)

padrone

(owner of an animal or slave)

padrone

(expert at something)

principale

(person holding a similar office in other civic societies)

proprietario

(owner of an animal or slave)

titolare

(someone who employs others)

padroneggiare

(to control)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.