deserto

deserto

1. first-person singular present indicative of desertar

Derived from French, past participle of desservir (“clear the table”), from des- (“expressing removal”) + servir (“to serve”).

• IPA^(key): /deˈserto/

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• Rhymes: -erto
• Hyphenation: de‧ser‧to

deserto (accusative singular deserton, plural desertoj, accusative plural desertojn)

1. dessert, pudding ("sweet confection served as the last course of a meal")

From Old Galician-Portuguese deserto, from Latin dēsertus (“desert”), from dēserō (“I forsake”).

deserto m (plural desertos)

1. desert

• diserto (archaic or literary)

• IPA^(key): /deˈzɛr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛrto
• Hyphenation: de‧sèr‧to

From the older form diserto, from Latin dēsertus, perfect passive participle of dēserō (“to forsake, abandon”).

deserto (feminine deserta, masculine plural deserti, feminine plural deserte)

1. deserted, desert

From the older form diserto, from Latin dēsertum, substantivized neuter form of dēsertus, perfect passive participle of dēserō (“to forsake, abandon”).

deserto m (plural deserti)

1. desert

• desterò, deterso, detorse, rodeste

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈsɛr.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪eˈs̬ɛr.t̪o]

dēsertō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēsertus

From Latin dēsertus.

deserto (plural desertos, feminine deserta, feminine plural desertas)

1. deserted

   Synonym: despoblado

deserto m (plural desertos)

1. desert

• Galician: deserto
• Portuguese: deserto

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “deserto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “deserto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “deserto”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “deserto”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval [Historical and chronological vocabullary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

• Rhymes: -ɛɾtu
• Homophone: diserto (Brazil, some pronunciations)
• Hyphenation: de‧ser‧to

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese deserto, from Latin dēsertum (“deserted”), from dēserō (“to forsake”).

deserto m (plural desertos)

1. desert (barren area)

deserto (feminine deserta, masculine plural desertos, feminine plural desertas)

1. deserted, abandoned

   Synonyms: abandonado, vazio, desabitado, solitário

   Antonym: habitado

2. arid, desertic

   Synonyms: árido, desértico

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

deserto

1. first-person singular present indicative of desertar

• IPA^(key): /deˈseɾto/ [d̪eˈseɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: de‧ser‧to

deserto

1. first-person singular present indicative of desertar