esporo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.ɾu/, /esˈpɔ.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.ɾu/, /esˈpɔ.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɔ.ɾu/, /eʃˈpɔ.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔ.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɔ.ɾu/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).

Alternative forms

• espório

Noun

esporo m (plural esporos)

1. spore (reproductive particle)

Related terms

• esporângio
• esporozoário

Etymology 2

Verb

esporo

1. first-person singular present indicative of esporar