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]

• (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)

1. barren, sterile (unable to bear children)

   Synonyms: infértil, infecundo, (Angola) mbaco

   Antonym: fértil

2. (agriculture) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly)

   Synonyms: infértil, improdutivo

   Antonyms: fértil, produtivo

3. sterile, germless
4. unproductive

   Synonym: improdutivo

   Antonym: produtivo

Derived terms

• esterilização
• esterilizado
• esterilizador
• esterilizante
• esterilizar

Related terms

• esterilidade

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)

1. sterile, infertile

   Synonym: infértil

2. fruitless, unproductive

   Synonym: infructuoso

Derived terms

• esterilizar
• estérilmente

Related terms

• esterilidad

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], 2024 December 10