estéril

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧té‧ril === Adjective === estéril m or f (plural estéreis) barren, sterile (unable to bear children) Synonyms: infértil, infecundo, (Angola) mbaco Antonym: fértil (agriculture) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly) Synonyms: infértil, improdutivo Antonyms: fértil, produtivo sterile, germless unproductive Synonym: improdutivo Antonym: produtivo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== esterilidade === Further reading === “estéril”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “estéril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) sterile, infertile Synonym: infértil fruitless, unproductive Synonym: infructuoso ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025