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injerto

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See also: injertó

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈxeɾto/ [ĩŋˈxeɾ.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eɾto
  • Syllabification: in‧jer‧to

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from injertar or semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsertus (literally inserted), later "grafted" by confusion between homonymous īnserō (to insert) (perfect passive participle īnsertus) and īnserō (to graft) (perfect passive participle īnsitus). Compare also enjerto and inserto, from the same source.

Noun

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injerto m (plural injertos)

  1. (horticulture) grafting
  2. (horticulture, surgery) graft
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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injerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of injertar

Further reading

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