desporto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French desport, variant of deport (“fun, amusement”), from Latin deportāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈpoʁ.tu/ [desˈpoh.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /desˈpoɾ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃˈpoʁ.tu/ [deʃˈpoχ.tu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /desˈpoɻ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /desˈpoʁ.to/ [desˈpoh.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃˈpoɾ.tu/
Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file) - Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
- Hyphenation: des‧por‧to
Noun
desporto m (plural desportos, metaphonic)
Derived terms
- desportismo
- desportista
- desportivo
Descendants
- → Tetum: desportu
Further reading
- “desporto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “desporto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026