orto

See also: orto- and Orto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -orto
• Syllabification: or‧to

Noun

orto (accusative singular orton, plural ortoj, accusative plural ortojn)

1. (geometry) right angle

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: òr‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin hortus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós.

Alternative forms

• horto (obsolete)

Noun

orto m (plural orti)

1. vegetable garden

   Synonym: ortale

2. market garden
3. orchard

Related terms

• ortaggio
• ortale
• ortense
• orticello
• orticolo
• orticoltore
• orticoltura
• ortivo
• ortofloricoltura
• ortoflorofrutticoltura
• ortofrutta
• ortofrutticolo

See also

• frutteto
• pometo

Further reading

• orto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 2

From Latin ortus, noun use of the perfect passive participle of orior (“to rise, get up”).

Noun

orto m (plural orti) (poetic)

1. sunrise

   Synonyms: alba, aurora

   1. (by extension) moonrise
2. east, orient

   Synonym: oriente

Related terms

• oriente

Anagrams

• Toro, roto, rotò, toro

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Participle

ortō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ortus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós, from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

Noun

orto m (plural ortos)

1. garden
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 357 (facsimile):

     orto dos uiços do parayſo

     garden of the delights of Paradise

2. vegetable garden
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Pero Gomes Barroso, B 1540: Pero Lourenço, comprastes (facsimile)

     Poys vꝮ nõ derõ hy orto

     Because no one gave you a vegetable garden there

3. orchard

Synonyms

• (garden, orchard): vergeu
• (garden): jardin
• (vegetable garden): cortinna

Descendants

• Galician: horto
• Portuguese: horto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾto/ [ˈoɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oɾto
• Syllabification: or‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin ortus (“sunrise”).

Noun

orto m (plural ortos)

1. (Astronomy) sunrise
2. (Astronomy) -rise (of a given astronomical body)

Etymology 2

From a vesre form of roto, from the phrase culo roto.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

orto m (plural ortos)

1. (vulgar, vesre, South America) arse, anus

   Synonyms: culo, ano

2. (vulgar, Rioplatense) good luck

Derived terms

• cerrar el orto
• del orto

Further reading

• “orto”, 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
• “orto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Anagrams

• otro
• roto
• toro