estéril
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See also: estèril
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation
- 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
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Further reading
- “estéril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
estéril m or f (masculine and feminine plural estériles)
- sterile, infertile
- Synonym: infértil
- fruitless, unproductive
- Synonym: infructuoso
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28