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deserto.

desert (barren area)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈzɛʁ.tu/Brazil[deˈzɛh.tu]Brazil/d͡ʒiˈzɛʁ.tu/Brazil[d͡ʒiˈzɛh.tu]Brazil

  1. desert (barren area)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deserto, from Latin dēsertum (“deserted”), from dēserō (“to forsake”).

adj/deˈzɛʁ.tu/Brazil[deˈzɛh.tu]Brazil/d͡ʒiˈzɛʁ.tu/Brazil[d͡ʒiˈzɛh.tu]Brazil

  1. deserted, abandoned

  2. arid, desertic

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deserto, from Latin dēsertum (“deserted”), from dēserō (“to forsake”).

verb/deˈzɛʁ.tu/Brazil[deˈzɛh.tu]Brazil/d͡ʒiˈzɛʁ.tu/Brazil[d͡ʒiˈzɛh.tu]Brazil

  1. first-person singular present indicative of desertar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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