esporte

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

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 portāre

Old French porter

Anglo-Norman desporterbor.

Middle English disporten

Middle English sporten

English sportbor.

Portuguese esporte

Borrowed from English sport. Doublet of deportar, desporte, and desporto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [isˈpɔh.t͡ʃi], /esˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [esˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [isˈpɔh.t͡ʃi], /esˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [esˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi/, /esˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [iʃˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi], /eʃˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [eʃˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔɻ.t͡ʃi/, /esˈpɔɻ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔʁ.te/ [esˈpɔh.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɔɾ.tɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: es‧por‧te

Noun

esporte m (plural esportes)

1. (Brazil) sport

   Synonym: (Portugal) desporto

Derived terms

• esportismo
• esportista
• esportivo
  • antiesportivo

See also

• esporta (etymologically unrelated)

Further reading

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