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"Maestro Da Vinci, no hace falta que se presente, todo el mundo habla de Usted."

What would be the correct translation of "Maestro"?

Professor Da Vinci

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Master Da Vinci

Or

Teacher Da Vinci

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  • I'd say Master. He's not well known for his teaching skills. But if from the context you know that they were talking about some phase of his life where he was teaching, then go with that. Feb 27, 2016 at 12:47
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    master is often translated as maestro and not necessarily in an academic aspect.
    – Schwale
    Feb 27, 2016 at 15:33

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master is often taken as maestro, but this can be used on different situations.

  • I can see my father as a master and he didn't even go to the university or even went to some academic school.
  • A teacher can also be considered a master since their students praise him/her because of his/her knowledge.
  • The term professor is often used for university, so you wouldn't normally call master a professor.
  • Even workers such as plumbers, electricians, builders, etc. are often called masters.

Basically, seen in a more general way, master is used as maestro.

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