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

Hyphenated as

es‧té‧ril

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈtɛ.ɾiw/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Eu aluguei dez hectares de terra e descobriu-se que era estéril .

I rented ten acres of land and it turned out to be barren.