estéril
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See also: estèril
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: es‧té‧ril
Adjective[edit]
estéril m or f (plural estéreis)
- barren, sterile (unable to bear children)
- (agriculture) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly)
- Synonyms: infértil, improdutivo
- Antonyms: fértil, produtivo
- sterile, germless
- unproductive
- Synonym: improdutivo
- Antonym: produtivo
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
estéril m or f (masculine and feminine plural estériles)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- pt:Agriculture
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾil
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾil/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives