desporto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French desport, variant of deport (“fun, amusement”), from Latin deportāre, present active infinitive of deportō.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.ˈpoɾ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: des‧por‧to

Noun

desporto m (plural desportos)

  1. (Portugal) sport
    Synonym: esporte (Brazil)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “desporto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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