maestra

Maestro (or maestra for women) means "master" or "teacher" in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. It is used in English to designate a master in an artistic field - usually someone who has gained enough knowledge within that field to be able to teach students successfully, though the term may sometimes be conferred through sheer respect for an artist's works. The term is most commonly used with respect to classical music and opera, most likely due to the heavy influence of Italian operatic traditions in many Western classical and operatic music schools. For instance, composers, orchestra conductors, and music teachers are frequently given this title. The word is less commonly, but sometimes, used in other fine arts traditions such as drawing, painting, and sculpture as well, but there "master", as in Old Master, Old master print etc, is far more common. In this sense it is derived from the rank of "free master" in a guild such as the painters' guild. When not used in a satirical sense, it is a highly respectful term, meant to convey appreciation for the skill of the master artist.
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n. schoolmistress, teacher, mistress; (Nautical) mainsail, sail on the lower part of the mainmast

adj. main, masterly

n. schoolmaster, maestro, teacher, master

n. female teacher, schoolmistress, schoolmarm; screed

adj. masterly, expert; main

n. master, virtuoso; teacher, schoolmaster; dean; maestro

maestro

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* obra maestra de la pintura clásica = old master.

= schoolmaster, teacher, schoolteacher, elementary schoolteacher, dominie, class teacher.
Ex: These figures of 'authority', the local postman, the vicar, the village postmistress and schoolmaster were fast disappearing from the rural scene.
Ex: For example a set of slides for use by teachers may be indexed according to alphabetical subject headings.
Ex: Parents place great emphasis on the acquisition of reading skills, at times pressing so hard on their children that schoolteachers have to try to reduce that pressure = Los padres ponen un gran énfasis en la adquisición de la capacidad de leer, a veces presionando tanto a sus hijos que los profesores tienen que intentar reducir esta presión.
Ex: Elementary schoolteachers play an important part in the development of bibliographic skills.
Ex: 'Imagine,' these dominies tend to begin, 'that a man from outer space has come to earth and describe a screwdriver to him as clearly as you can'.
Ex: Her class teacher began it all by putting on an exhibition of about thirty of the best picture books in the school's infant-class library books for the five-to-seven-year- olds = Todo empezó con la exposición que montó su profesora de los treinta mejores cuentos de los libros de la biblioteca de la clase de primaria para los niños de cinco a siete años.
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* la práctica hace al maestro = practice makes perfect.
* maestro de escuela = school teacher.
* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
* obra maestra de la pintura clásica = old master painting.