# arbusto
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin arbustum, from arbor (“tree”) -tum (“adjective-forming suffix”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [arˈbusto]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -usto
* Hyphenation: ar‧bus‧to

### Noun

arbusto (accusative singular arbuston, plural arbustoj, accusative plural arbustojn)
* shrub, bush, shrubbery

#### Derived terms

* arbusteto
* subarbusto
* trunkarbusto
* tufarbusto
* vezikarbusto

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arbustum.

### Noun

arbusto m (plural arbustos)
* shrub, bush
    Synonyms: gamallo, garamallo, albustre

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French arbuste, Italian arbusto, Spanish arbusto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arˈbusto/

### Noun

arbusto (plural arbusti)
* shrub, bush (not over three feet in height)

#### Derived terms

* arbustaro (“thicket”)
* subarbusto (“underbush”)

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbustum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arˈbu.sto/
* Rhymes: -usto
* Hyphenation: ar‧bù‧sto

### Noun

arbusto m (plural arbusti)
* shrub, bush
    Synonym: frutice

#### Derived terms

* arbustaceo
* arbustivo
* arbustoso

#### See also

* cespuglio

### Further reading

* arbusto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* arbusto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

### Anagrams

* robusta

## Latin
### Etymology

From arbustum (“place where trees are planted”) +‎ -ō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /arˈbus.toː/, [ärˈbʊs̠t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /arˈbus.to/, [ärˈbust̪o]

### Verb

arbustō (present infinitive arbustāre, perfect active arbustāvī, supine arbustātum); first conjugation
* (hapax) to plant with trees
** c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.201:Transpādana Italia praeter suprā dictās cornū, opulō, tiliā, acere, ornō, carpīnō, quercū arbustat agrōs, Venetia salice propter ūlīginem solī.Transpadanian Italy plants the fields with cornel, maple [of some other kind than acer], linden, maple, hornbeam and oak, besides those mentioned above, Veneto with willow on account of the moisture of the soil.

#### Related terms

* arbustum

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbustum.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈbus.tu/ [aɦˈbus.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈbus.tu/ [aɦˈbus.tu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾˈbus.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁˈbuʃ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻˈbus.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈbuʃ.tu/ [ɐɾˈβuʃ.tu]
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ustu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃtu
* Hyphenation: ar‧bus‧to

### Noun

arbusto m (plural arbustos)
* shrub

#### Related terms

* arbústeo
* arbustiforme
* arbustinho
* arbustivo
* arbusto-da-independência

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arbustum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾˈbusto/ [aɾˈβ̞us.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -usto
* Syllabification: ar‧bus‧to

### Noun

arbusto m (plural arbustos)
* bush, shrub

#### Derived terms

* arbustal
* arbusto de las mariposas

#### Related terms

* árbol
* arbustivo

### Further reading

* “arbusto”, 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