Masculine

estéril

Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) barren, sterile (unable to bear children)
  2. (feminine, masculine) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly)
  3. (feminine, masculine) sterile, germless
  4. (feminine, masculine) unproductive

Opposite of
fértil, produtivo
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈtɛ.ɾiw/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).

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