estéril
See also: estèril
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “estéril” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
estéril (plural estériles)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014