estéril
See also: estèril
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [isˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯], /esˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [esˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [iʃˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯], /eʃˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [eʃˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [esˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.ɾil/ [(i)ʃˈtɛ.ɾiɫ]
- Hyphenation: es‧té‧ril
Adjective
estéril m or f (plural estéreis)
- barren, sterile (unable to bear children)
- (agriculture) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly)
- Synonyms: infértil, improdutivo
- Antonyms: fértil, produtivo
- sterile, germless
- unproductive
- Synonym: improdutivo
- Antonym: produtivo
Derived terms
- esterilização
- esterilizado
- esterilizador
- esterilizante
- esterilizar
Related terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈteɾil/ [esˈt̪e.ɾil]
- Rhymes: -eɾil
- Syllabification: es‧té‧ril
Adjective
estéril m or f (masculine and feminine plural estériles)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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