estéril

Borrowed from Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).

estéril m or f (plural estéreis)

1. barren, sterile (unable to bear children)

   Synonyms: infértil, infecundo

   Antonym: fértil

2. (agriculture) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly)

   Synonyms: infértil, improdutivo

   Antonyms: fértil, produtivo

3. sterile, germless
4. unproductive

   Synonym: improdutivo

   Antonym: produtivo

• esterilidade

• “estéril” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Latin sterilis (“sterile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“barren”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈteɾil/ [esˈt̪e.ɾil]
• Rhymes: -eɾil
• Syllabification: es‧té‧ril

estéril (plural estériles)

1. sterile, infertile
2. fruitless, unproductive

• “estéril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014