fruto
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From fructo, borrowed from Latin fructus (“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”). Displaced the inherited doublet fruito. Compare Galician froito.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: fru‧to
NounEdit
fruto m (plural frutos)
- (poetic, archaic) fruit (biology term)
- (figuratively) fruit; result; reward
- offspring (daughters and sons)
Usage notesEdit
- fruto is rarely used in a normal conversation when referring to fruit, fruta is preferred instead. But biology books and studies prefer fruto. Fruto is more commonly used in the figurative sense of reward or result.
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:fruto.
SynonymsEdit
- (part of plant): fruta
- (result): ganho, produto, proveito, rebento, resultado, vantagem
- (offspring): descendência, filhos, geração, prole, rebento
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- fruto proibido m (“forbidden fruit”)
- pseudofruto
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin fructus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish frucho.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fruto m (plural frutos)
- (botany) any fruit from a plant, whether sweet or not (like avocado or tomato), edible or not
- any vegetable or produce that is grown
- (economics) profit from an activity
- result of an action, omission, attitude, etc.
- (figuratively) offspring
Derived termsEdit
- dar fruto (“to bear fruit”)
- dar sus frutos (“to pay off”)
- fruto prohibido
- fruto seco
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
fruto
Further readingEdit
- “fruto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014