fruto
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fructo, borrowed from Latin fructus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), a derivative of Latin fruor (“to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Displaced the inherited doublet fruito. Compare Galician froito.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -utu
- Hyphenation: fru‧to
Noun[edit]
fruto m (plural frutos)
- (poetic, archaic) fruit (biology term)
- (figurative) fruit; result; reward
- offspring (daughters and sons)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:fruto.
Synonyms[edit]
- (part of plant): fruta
- (result): ganho, produto, proveito, rebento, resultado, vantagem
- (offspring): descendência, filhos, geração, prole, rebento
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- fruto proibido m (“forbidden fruit”)
- pseudofruto
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin frūctus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish frucho.
Noun[edit]
fruto m (plural frutos)
- (botany) any fruit from a plant, whether sweet or not (like avocado or tomato), edible or not
- any vegetable or produce that is grown
- (economics) profit from an activity
- result of an action, omission, attitude, etc.
- (figurative) offspring
Derived terms[edit]
- a fruto sano
- dar fruto (“to bear fruit”)
- dar sus frutos (“to pay off”)
- fruto de bendición
- fruto prohibido
- fruto seco
- frutos en especie
- frutos por alimentos
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
fruto
Further reading[edit]
- “fruto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
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- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- pt:Family
- pt:Fruits
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/uto
- Rhymes:Spanish/uto/2 syllables
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- es:Botany
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