Translation
boss, leader, head
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Examples
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The head of the school is strict.
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Our leaders decided on the matter without us.
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She became head of the group.
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The boss gave me a new task.
o .
The ship's captain ordered a halt.
-- is one of the most useful suffixes in the language, and this word is that suffix on its own. Stick it on an institution and you get the person in charge: o for a headteacher, o for a mayor, o for a captain, o for whoever is running the congress.
is the verb, to head or be in charge of, and it takes a direct object. Do not read as related to ; they only look alike, and the resemblance has misled more than one beginner into thinking the boss is simply the one who is.
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Word family
Words built on estro with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- estraronoun
board, governing body (of a society)
estro-ar-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 2: estro, spiri, gasto and 6 more words.