desierto

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Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

desierto

  1. neuter of desiertu

Old Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēsertum (wasteland; desert), from dēsertus (forsaken; abandoned).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

desierto m (plural desiertos)

  1. desert
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
      allẏ en ebrõ. vinierõ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ⁊ ioſue. eſſos .x. cõpãneros.
      The spies went there, from the desert of Paran, to Hebron, the Promised Land. Caleb, Joshua and their ten companions.

Descendants[edit]

  • Spanish: desierto

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deˈsjeɾto/ [d̪eˈsjeɾ.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾto
  • Syllabification: de‧sier‧to

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin dēsertus, probably taken as an early semi-learned term (the completely inherited/popular result would have been disierto, which was found in a few old texts).[1]

Adjective[edit]

desierto (feminine desierta, masculine plural desiertos, feminine plural desiertas)

  1. desert
  2. empty (of people)
  3. uninhabited
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish desierto, dessierto, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēsertum.

Noun[edit]

desierto m (plural desiertos)

  1. desert
    Synonym: peladero

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