esporo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.ɾu/, /esˈpɔ.ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɔ.ɾu/, /eʃˈpɔ.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔ.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɔ.ɾu/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).

Alternative forms

espório

Noun

esporo m (plural esporos)

spore (reproductive particle)

Related terms

esporângio
esporozoário

Verb

esporo

first-person singular present indicative of esporar

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