# enxerto
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* enxerdo, enxerte, inxerto

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin insertus. Cognate with Portuguese enxerto and Spanish injerto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [enˈʃeɾtʊ]

### Noun

enxerto m (plural enxertos)
* graft
    Synonym: puga
* (horticulture) grafting
* (horticulture) a plant which has undergone grafting

#### Derived terms

* Enxertado
* Enxerto
* enxerto de casca
* enxerto de cuña
* enxerto de escudo

#### Related terms

* enxertar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enxerto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enxerto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxerto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enxerto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enxerto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Deverbal from enxertar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃeʁ.tu/ [ẽˈʃeh.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃeʁ.tu/ [ĩˈʃeh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃeʁ.tu/ [ẽˈʃeh.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃeʁ.tu/ [ĩˈʃeh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃeɾ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃeɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃeʁ.tu/ [ẽˈʃeχ.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃeʁ.tu/ [ĩˈʃeχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃeɻ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃeɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈʃeɾ.tu/
* Hyphenation: en‧xer‧to

#### Noun

enxerto m (plural enxertos)
* (rare) insertion
    Synonyms: inserção, introdução
    Antonyms: retirada, remoção
* graft (small shoot or scion)
* (uncountable, horticulture) grafting
* (horticulture) an instance of grafting
    Synonyms: enxertia, enxertadura
* (horticulture) a plant which has undergone grafting
* (surgery) graft

##### Related terms

* enxerido
* enxerimento
* enxerir
* enxertadeira
* enxertado
* enxertador
* enxertadura
* enxertar
* enxertia

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃɛʁ.tu/ [ẽˈʃɛh.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈʃɛh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃɛʁ.tu/ [ẽˈʃɛh.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈʃɛh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃɛɾ.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃɛɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃɛʁ.tu/ [ẽˈʃɛχ.tu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃɛʁ.tu/ [ĩˈʃɛχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃɛɻ.to/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃɛɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈʃɛɾ.tu/

#### Verb

enxerto
* first-person singular present indicative of enxertar