estéril
See also: estèril
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [isˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯], /esˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [esˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [iʃˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯], /eʃˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [eʃˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɛ.ɾiw/ [esˈtɛ.ɾiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.ɾil/ [(i)ʃˈtɛ.ɾiɫ]
- Hyphenation: es‧té‧ril
Adjective
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 terms
- esterilização
- esterilizado
- esterilizador
- esterilizante
- esterilizar
Related terms
Further reading
- “estéril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈteɾil/ [esˈt̪e.ɾil]
- Rhymes: -eɾil
- Syllabification: es‧té‧ril
Adjective
estéril m or f (masculine and feminine plural estériles)
- sterile, infertile
- Synonym: infértil
- fruitless, unproductive
- Synonym: infructuoso
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024