desporto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

desporte

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]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /desˈpoɻ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃˈpoɾ.tu/

Hyphenation: des‧por‧to

Noun

desporto m (plural desportos, metaphonic)

(Portugal) sport
Synonym: (Brazil) esporte

Derived terms

desportismo
desportista
desportivo

Further reading

“desporto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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