Masculine

fruto

Meaning

  1. (masculine) fruit
  2. (figuratively, masculine) fruit; result; reward
  3. (masculine) offspring (daughters and sons)

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɾu.tu/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fruito, from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), a derivative of Latin fruor (“to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Compare Galician froito.

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