aborto

See also: abortó

Esperanto

Etymology

From aborti ‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈborto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -orto
• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

Noun

aborto (accusative singular aborton, plural abortoj, accusative plural abortojn)

1. abortion, miscarriage

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aborto.

Noun

abórto

1. abortion
2. miscarriage
3. monster
4. act of stopping

Interlingua

Noun

aborto (plural abortos)

1. abortion, miscarriage (both induced and spontaneous)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin abortus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: a‧bòr‧to

Noun

aborto m (plural aborti)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage

Hyponyms

• aborto terapeutico (“therapeutic abortion”)
• aborto spontaneo (“spontaneous abortion, miscarriage”)

Related terms

• abortire
• abortista
• abortivo
• antiabortista

 

See also

• interruzione volontaria di gravidanza (“elective abortion”) (IVG)

Further reading

• aborto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• aborto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• aborto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• aborto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• abòrto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• abòrto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• borato, orbato

Latin

Etymology

From aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab- (“from, away from”) ‎ orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.toː/, [äˈbɔrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.to/, [äˈbɔrt̪o]

Verb

abortō (present infinitive abortāre, perfect active abortāvī); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. (intransitive) to bring forth prematurely

Conjugation

Conjugation of abortō (first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abortō	abortās	abortat	abortāmus	abortātis	abortant
	imperfect	abortābam	abortābās	abortābat	abortābāmus	abortābātis	abortābant
	future	abortābō	abortābis	abortābit	abortābimus	abortābitis	abortābunt
	perfect	abortāvī	abortāvistī	abortāvit	abortāvimus	abortāvistis	abortāvērunt, abortāvēre
	pluperfect	abortāveram	abortāverās	abortāverat	abortāverāmus	abortāverātis	abortāverant
	future perfect	abortāverō	abortāveris	abortāverit	abortāverimus	abortāveritis	abortāverint
passive	present	—	—	abortātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abortābātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	abortābitur	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abortem	abortēs	abortet	abortēmus	abortētis	abortent
	imperfect	abortārem	abortārēs	abortāret	abortārēmus	abortārētis	abortārent
	perfect	abortāverim	abortāverīs	abortāverit	abortāverīmus	abortāverītis	abortāverint
	pluperfect	abortāvissem	abortāvissēs	abortāvisset	abortāvissēmus	abortāvissētis	abortāvissent
passive	present	—	—	abortētur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	abortārētur	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abortā	—	—	abortāte	—
	future	—	abortātō	abortātō	—	abortātōte	abortantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abortāre	abortāvisse	—	abortārī	—	—
participles		abortāns	—	—	—	—	abortandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abortandī	abortandō	abortandum	abortandō	—	—

Related terms

• aborior
• aborīscor
• aborsus
• abortiō
• abortīvum
• abortīvus
• abortum
• abortus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: avortar
• → English: abort
• French: avorter
• Galician: abortar
• Portuguese: abortar
• Spanish: abortar

References

• “aborto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aborto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish aborto

Noun

aborto

1. abortion

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abortus (“abortion”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈboɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈboɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈboɾ.tu/ [ɐˈβoɾ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

Noun

aborto m (plural abortos)

1. (medicine) abortion, miscarriage (loss of a fetus or embryo)

   Synonym: abortamento

2. abortion; failure (an abandoned project)
3. (derogatory, colloquial) monstrosity (someone or something very ugly)

Alternative forms

• abôrto (obsolete)

Derived terms

• aborteiro
• abortício
• abortífero
• abortista
• aborto salino
• antiaborto

 

Related terms

• abortadeira
• abortado
• abortar
• abortivo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɔɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɔɾ.tu/ [ɐˈβɔɾ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

Verb

aborto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abortar

Further reading

• “aborto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “aborto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “abôrto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aborto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “aborto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈboɾto/ [aˈβ̞oɾ.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾto
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abortus.

Noun

aborto m (plural abortos)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage
3. (slang) a very ugly person

Derived terms

• abortismo
• abortista
• aborto inducido
• aborto involuntario
• abortorio
• antiaborto

 

Related terms

• abortar

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: aborto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aborto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abortar

Further reading

• “aborto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28