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fruto

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese fruito, from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), a derivative of Latin fruor (“to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Compare Galician froito.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -utu
  • Hyphenation: fru‧to

Noun

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fruto m (plural frutos)

  1. fruit
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “As filhas de Victor Hugo [The daughters of Victor Hugo]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 304:
      Ah! é que umas são a ignorancia na sua perfeição mais divina, outras guardam na bocca o gosto amargo de todos os fructos vedados que teem devorado!
      Ah! It is that some embody ignorance in its most divine perfection, while others carry in their mouths the bitter taste of all the forbidden fruits they have devoured!
  2. (figuratively) fruit; result; reward
  3. offspring (daughters and sons)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:fruto.

Synonyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾuto/ [ˈfɾu.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Syllabification: fru‧to

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin frūctus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish frucho.

Noun

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fruto m (plural frutos)

  1. (botany) any fruit from a plant, whether sweet or not (like avocado or tomato), edible or not
  2. any vegetable or produce that is grown
  3. (economics) profit from an activity
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 324:
      El lector a quien interesen los estudios de folk-lore comaparado, puede consultar con fruto algunas de las obras que cito en la bibliografía.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. result of an action, omission, attitude, etc.
  5. (figuratively) offspring
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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fruto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of frutar

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