# aborto
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From aborti +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈborto]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -orto
* Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

### Noun

aborto (accusative singular aborton, plural abortoj, accusative plural abortojn)
* abortion, miscarriage

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aborto.

### Noun

abórto
* abortion
* miscarriage
* monster
* act of stopping

## Interlingua
### Noun

aborto (plural abortos)
* abortion, miscarriage (both induced and spontaneous)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin abortus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbɔr.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔrto
* Hyphenation: a‧bòr‧to

### Noun

aborto m (plural aborti)
* abortion
* miscarriage

#### Hyponyms

* aborto terapeutico (“therapeutic abortion”)
* aborto spontaneo (“spontaneous abortion, miscarriage”)

#### Related terms

* abortire
* abortista
* abortivo
* antiabortista

#### See also

* interruzione volontaria di gravidanza (“elective abortion”) (IVG)

### Further reading

* aborto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* aborto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* aborto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* aborto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* abòrto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* abòrto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* borato, orbato

## Latin
### Etymology

From aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /abˈor.toː/, [äbˈɔrt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /abˈor.to/, [äbˈɔrt̪o]

### Verb

abortō (present infinitive abortāre, perfect active abortāvī); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive
* (intransitive) to bring forth prematurely

#### Related terms

* aborior
* aborīscor
* aborsus
* abortiō
* abortīvum
* abortīvus
* abortum
* abortus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: avortar
* → English: abort
* French: avorter
* Galician: abortar
* Italian: abortire
* Portuguese: abortar
* Spanish: abortar

### References

* “aborto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* aborto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish aborto

### Noun

aborto
* abortion

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abortus (“abortion”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈboɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈboʁ.tu/ [aˈboχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈboɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈboɾ.tu/ [ɐˈβoɾ.tu]
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
* Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

#### Noun

aborto m (plural abortos)
* (medicine) abortion, miscarriage (loss of a fetus or embryo)
    Synonym: abortamento
* abortion; failure (an abandoned project)
* (derogatory, colloquial) monstrosity (someone or something very ugly)

##### Alternative forms

* abôrto (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* aborteiro
* abortício
* abortífero
* abortista
* aborto salino
* antiaborto

##### Related terms

* abortadeira
* abortado
* abortar
* abortivo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔh.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔh.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈbɔɾ.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈbɔʁ.tu/ [aˈbɔχ.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈbɔɻ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈbɔɾ.tu/ [ɐˈβɔɾ.tu]
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
* Hyphenation: a‧bor‧to

#### Verb

aborto
* first-person singular present indicative of abortar

### Further reading

* “aborto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “aborto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “abôrto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “aborto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “aborto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈboɾto/ [aˈβ̞oɾ.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾto
* Syllabification: a‧bor‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abortus.

#### Noun

aborto m (plural abortos)
* abortion
* miscarriage
* (slang) a very ugly person

##### Derived terms

* abortismo
* abortista
* aborto inducido
* aborto involuntario
* abortorio
* antiaborto

##### Related terms

* abortar

##### Descendants

* → Hiligaynon: aborto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

aborto
* first-person singular present indicative of abortar

### Further reading

* “aborto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aborto, from Latin abortus.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈboɾto/ [ʔɐˈboɾ.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -oɾto
* Syllabification: a‧bor‧to

### Noun

aborto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)
* abortion
    Synonyms: pagpapalaglag, pagpapaagas, aborsiyon

#### Related terms

* aborsiyon
* aborsiyonista
* abortista

### Further reading

* “aborto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018