desporto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• desporte

Etymology

From Old French desport, variant of deport (“fun, amusement”), from Latin deportāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpoʁ.tu/ [desˈpoh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpoʁ.tu/ [desˈpoh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /desˈpoɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃˈpoʁ.tu/ [deʃˈpoχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpoɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃˈpoɾ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
• Hyphenation: des‧por‧to

Noun

desporto m (plural desportos, metaphonic)

1. (Portugal) sport

   Synonym: (Brazil) esporte

Derived terms

• desportismo
• desportista
• desportivo

Descendants

• → Tetum: desportu

Further reading

• “desporto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024