fragmento

See also: fragmentó

Catalan

Verb

fragmento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fragmentar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish fragmento, Portuguese fragmento, English fragment, French fragment, from Latin fragmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmento/

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: frag‧men‧to

Noun

fragmento (accusative singular fragmenton, plural fragmentoj, accusative plural fragmentojn)

1. fragment, piece, morsel

Derived terms

• fragmenta

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Latin frangō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin fragmentumlbor.

Galician fragmento

Learned borrowing from Latin fragmentum.

Noun

fragmento m (plural fragmentos)

1. fragment

Etymology 2

Verb

fragmento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fragmentar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fragmento, English fragment, French fragment, German Fragment, Italian frammento, Russian фрагме́нт (fragmént), Spanish fragmento, Portuguese fragmento, from Latin fragmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmento/

Noun

fragmento (plural fragmenti)

1. fragment, broken piece, scrap

Derived terms

• armeofragmento
• fragmenta, fragmentala
• fragmenteto
• fragmentigar
• fragmentoza

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fragmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of fragmentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ɡiˈmẽ.tu/, /fɾaɡˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ɡiˈmẽ.tu/, /fɾaɡˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaɡˈmẽ.to/, /fɾa.ɡiˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈɡmẽ.tu/ [fɾaˈɣmẽ.tu]

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: frag‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin fragmentum.

Noun

fragmento m (plural fragmentos)

1. fragment

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fragmento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fragmentar

Further reading

• “fragmento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fragmento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “fragmento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fragmento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “fragmento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “fragmento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaɡˈmento/ [fɾaɣ̞ˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: frag‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Latin frangō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin fragmentumlbor.

Spanish fragmento

Learned borrowing from Latin fragmentum.

Noun

fragmento m (plural fragmentos)

1. fragment
2. clip (a frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.)

   Synonym: clip

Derived terms

• fragmento de Okazaki

Related terms

• fracción
• fractura
• frágil
• fragor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fragmento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fragmentar

Further reading

• “fragmento”, 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