castrato
Meaning of castrato
noun
- A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
- A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
- Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
- Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
- Originally composed for a castrato.
Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles.
Information about castrato
- The plural form of castrato is: castratos.
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Hyphenation of castrato
cas-trato
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- castrato is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of castrato
Words that rhyme with castrato
rato, barato, vibrato, Erato, Kerato, cerato, disperato, erato, literato, moderato, evirato, Priorato, borato, enamorato, inamorato, orthoborato, Prato, Canestrato, fenestrato, nitrato, diethylbarbiturato, figurato
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