desporto

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Alternative forms

desporte

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portō

Latin deportāre

Old French desportder.

Portuguese desporto

From Old French desport, variant of deport (“enjoyment, fun”), from Latin deportāre (“to bring”). Doublet of deportar, desporte, and esporte.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpoʁ.tu/ [desˈpoh.tu], /d͡ʒisˈpoʁ.tu/ [d͡ʒisˈpoh.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /desˈpoɾ.tu/, /d͡ʒisˈpoɾ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃˈpoʁ.tu/ [deʃˈpoχ.tu], /d͡ʒiʃˈpoʁ.tu/ [d͡ʒiʃˈpoχ.tu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /desˈpoɻ.tu/, /d͡ʒisˈpoɻ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpoʁ.to/ [desˈpoh.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃˈpoɾ.tu/

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
Hyphenation: des‧por‧to

Noun

desporto m (plural desportos, metaphonic)

(Portugal) sport
Synonyms: desporte, (Brazil) esporte

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Tetum: desportu

“desporto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“desporto”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
“desporto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“desporto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“desporto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026