fruto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fructo (obsolete)

Etymology

From fructo, a borrowing from Latin fructus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), a derivative of Latin fruor (“I enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrug- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Displaced the native inherited Old Portuguese doublet fruito.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾu.tʊ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾu.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾu.to/
• Hyphenation: fru‧to

Noun

fruto m (plural frutos)

1. (poetic, antiquated) fruit (biology term)
2. (figuratively) fruit; result; reward
3. offspring (daughters and sons)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:fruto.

Usage notes

• fruto is rarely used in a normal conversation when referring to fruit, fruta is preferred instead. But biology books and studies prefer fruto. Fruto is more commonly used in the figurative sense of reward or result.

Synonyms

• (part of plant): fruta
• (result): ganho, produto, proveito, rebento, resultado, vantagem
• (offspring): descendência, filhos, geração, prole, rebento

Hyponyms

• (part of plant): baga, drupa, pomo, noz, vagem

Derived terms

• pseudofruto

Related terms

• desfrutar
• enfrutecer
• frugífero
• frugívoro
• fruir

• fruta
• fruteira
• fruteiro
• frutescência
• frutescente

• frutescer
• fruticultor
• fruticultura
• frutífago
• frutífero

• frutificação
• frutificado
• frutificar
• frutívoro
• frutose

• frutuoso
• infrutescência
• usufruir
• usufruto

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin fructus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish frucho.

Noun

fruto m (plural frutos)

1. (botany) any fruit from a plant, whether sweet or not (like avocado or tomato), edible or not
2. any vegetable or produce that is grown
3. (economics) profit from an activity
4. result of an action, omission, attitude, etc.
5. (figuratively) offspring

Related terms

• disfrutar v
• fructuoso adj
• fructificar v
• fruta f
• frutería f
• frutero m
• infructuoso adj

Derived terms

• dar fruto v