aborto

See also: abortó

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der.?

Proto-Italic *orjōr

Latin orior

Latin aborior

Latin abortō

Latin abortareder.

English abortbor.

German abortierenbor.

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Latin abortāre

French avorterbor.

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Latin aborior

Latin abortus

Latin abortīrebor.

Italian abortirebor.

Esperanto aborti

Esperanto -o

Esperanto aborto

From aborti +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈborto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -orto
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧to

Noun

aborto (accusative singular aborton, plural abortoj, accusative plural abortojn)

1. abortion, miscarriage

Usage notes

• In Esperanto, this word is often used to refer to a miscarriage (a spontaneous abortion), while abortigo is used to specifically refer to an induced abortion.

Related terms

• abortigo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aborto.

Noun

abórto

1. abortion
2. miscarriage
3. monster
4. act of stopping

Interlingua

Noun

aborto (plural abortos)

1. abortion, miscarriage (both induced and spontaneous)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: a‧bòr‧to

Noun

aborto m (plural aborti)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage

Hyponyms

• aborto terapeutico (“therapeutic abortion”)
• aborto spontaneo (“spontaneous abortion, miscarriage”)

Related terms

• abortire
• abortista
• abortivo
• antiabortista

See also

• interruzione volontaria di gravidanza (“elective abortion”) (IVG)

Further reading

• aborto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• aborto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• aborto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• aborto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• abòrto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• abòrto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• borato, orbato

Latin

Etymology

From aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.to]

Verb

abortō (present infinitive abortāre, perfect active abortāvī); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive) to bring forth prematurely

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abortō (first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abortō		abortās		abortat		abortāmus		abortātis		abortant
	imperfect	abortābam		abortābās		abortābat		abortābāmus		abortābātis		abortābant
	future	abortābō		abortābis		abortābit		abortābimus		abortābitis		abortābunt
	perfect	abortāvī		abortāvistī		abortāvit		abortāvimus		abortāvistis		abortāvērunt, abortāvēre
	pluperfect	abortāveram		abortāverās		abortāverat		abortāverāmus		abortāverātis		abortāverant
	future perfect	abortāverō		abortāveris		abortāverit		abortāverimus		abortāveritis		abortāverint
passive	present	—		—		abortātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abortābātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		abortābitur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abortem		abortēs		abortet		abortēmus		abortētis		abortent
	imperfect	abortārem		abortārēs		abortāret		abortārēmus		abortārētis		abortārent
	perfect	abortāverim		abortāverīs		abortāverit		abortāverīmus		abortāverītis		abortāverint
	pluperfect	abortāvissem		abortāvissēs		abortāvisset		abortāvissēmus		abortāvissētis		abortāvissent
passive	present	—		—		abortētur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		abortārētur		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abortā		—		—		abortāte		—
	future	—		abortātō		abortātō		—		abortātōte		abortantō
passive	future	—		—		abortātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abortāre			abortārī			abortāns			—
future		—			—			—			abortandum
perfect		abortāvisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abortandī		abortandō		abortandum		abortandō		—		—

Related terms

• aborior
• aborīscor
• aborsus
• abortiō
• abortīvum
• abortīvus
• abortum
• abortus

Descendants

• Catalan: avortar
• → English: abort
• French: avorter
• Galician: abortar
• Istriot: abordì
• Italian: abortire
• Portuguese: abortar
• Spanish: abortar

References

• “aborto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aborto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish aborto

Noun

aborto

1. abortion

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin abortum (“abortion”).

Alternative forms

• abôrto (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈboɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboχ.tu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˈboɻ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.to/ [aˈboh.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈboɾ.tu/ [ɐˈβoɾ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

Noun

aborto m (plural abortos)

1. (medicine) abortion, miscarriage (loss of a fetus or embryo)

   Synonym: abortamento

2. abortion; failure (an abandoned project)
3. (derogatory, colloquial) monstrosity (someone or something very ugly)

Derived terms

• aborteiro
• abortício
• abortífero
• abortista
• aborto salino
• antiaborto

Related terms

• abortadeira
• abortado
• abortar
• abortivo

Descendants

• → Konkani: आबोर्त (āborta)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔχ.tu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔɻ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.to/ [aˈbɔh.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɔɾ.tu/ [ɐˈβɔɾ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

Verb

aborto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abortar

Further reading

• “aborto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aborto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aborto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “aborto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “aborto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈboɾto/ [aˈβ̞oɾ.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾto
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abortus.

Noun

aborto m (plural abortos)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage
3. (slang) a very ugly person

Derived terms

• abortismo
• abortista
• aborto inducido
• aborto involuntario
• abortorio
• antiaborto

Related terms

• abortar

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: aborto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aborto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abortar

Further reading

• “aborto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aborto, from Latin abortus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈboɾto/ [ʔɐˈboɾ.t̪o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾto
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧to

Noun

aborto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. abortion

   Synonyms: pagpapalaglag, pagpapaagas, aborsiyon

Related terms

• aborsiyon
• aborsiyonista
• abortista

Further reading

• “aborto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018