estéril
See also: estèril
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧té‧ril
Adjective edit
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
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Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
estéril m or f (masculine and feminine plural estériles)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014