mestre-sala

Portuguese

Etymology

From mestre +‎ sala.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾi ˈsa.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾi ˈsa.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛs.tɾe ˈsa.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ ˈsa.lɐ/

Hyphenation: mes‧tre‧-sa‧la

Noun

mestre-sala m (plural mestre-salas)

(monarchy) master of ceremonies
Synonym: mestre-de-cerimónias

Further reading

“mestre-sala”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“mestre-sala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026