aborto

From aborti +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /aˈborto/

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

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

1. abortion, miscarriage

• In Esperanto, this word is often used to refer to a miscarriage (a spontaneous abortion), while abortigo is used to specifically refer to an induced abortion.

• “aborto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “aborto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Borrowed from Spanish aborto.

abórto

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

aborto (plural abortos)

1. abortion, miscarriage (both induced and spontaneous)

From Latin abortus.

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

aborto m (plural aborti)

1. abortion
2. miscarriage

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

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

• 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

• borato, orbato

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbɔr.to]

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

1. (intransitive) to bring forth prematurely

• “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.

From Spanish aborto

aborto

1. abortion

Learned borrowing from Latin abortum (“abortion”).

• abôrto (pre-reform spelling)

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

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)

• → Konkani: आबोर्त (āborta)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

aborto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abortar

• “aborto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aborto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aborto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “aborto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “aborto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /aˈboɾto/ [aˈβ̞oɾ.t̪o]

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

Borrowed from Latin abortus.

aborto m (plural abortos)

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

• → Hiligaynon: aborto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

aborto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abortar

• “aborto”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish aborto, from Latin abortus.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈboɾto/ [ʔɐˈboɾ.t̪o]

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

aborto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. abortion

   Synonyms: pagpapalaglag, pagpapaagas, aborsiyon

• “aborto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018