# fruta
## Albanian
### Noun

fruta
* inflection of frutë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Asturian
### Etymology

From frutu, corresponding to Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾuta/ [ˈfɾu.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -uta
* Syllabification: fru‧ta

### Noun

fruta f (plural frutes)
* fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant)

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fruta (“fruit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fruta/ [fru.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -uta, -a
* Hyphenation: fru‧ta

### Noun

fruta inan
* fruit (edible part of a plant)

#### Derived terms

* fruta-arbola (“fruit tree”)
* fruta-denda (“fruit store”)
* fruta-gustuko (“fruity”)
* frutagintza (“fruit farming”)
* frutaontzi (“fruit bowl”)
* frutari (“fruit seller”)
* frutategi (“fruit bowl”)

### Further reading

* “fruta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “fruta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese fruta. Cognate with Kabuverdianu fruta.

### Noun

fruta
* fruit

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese fruta.

### Noun

fruta
* fruit

## Leonese
### Alternative forms

* fruita

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾuta/, [ˈfɾu.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -uta
* Hyphenation: fru‧ta

### Noun

fruta f (plural frutas)
* fruit

### References

* fruta at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese, Spanish, and Kabuverdianu fruta.

### Noun

fruta
* fruit

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* fruita (archaic, Brazil)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾu.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (most dialects) -utɐ, (Southern Brazil) -uta
* Hyphenation: fru‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fruita, from Late Latin fructa, designating the collective of Latin frūctus. Compare Galician froita.

#### Noun

fruta f (plural frutas)
* (uncountable) fruit (as a collective)
* an single piece of fruit or nut
    Synonyms: fruto, peça de fruta

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fruta.

##### Derived terms

* salada de fruta

##### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: fruta
* Kabuverdianu: fruta
* Papiamentu: fruta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fruta
* inflection of frutar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “fruta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “fruta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾuta/ [ˈfɾu.t̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uta
* Syllabification: fru‧ta

### Etymology 1

From fruto, corresponding to Late Latin frūcta, from Latin frūctus. Compare Portuguese fruta, Catalan fruita, Italian frutta, Sicilian frutta.

#### Noun

fruta f (plural frutas)
* fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant)
* fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant)
* fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence)

##### Derived terms

* afrutado
* dulce de frutas (“fruit cake”) (Panama)
* ensalada de frutas
* fruta de horno
* fruta de la pasión
* fruta de pan
* fruta de sartén
* fruta del cercado ajeno
* fruta del dragón
* fruta del país
* fruta del tiempo
* fruta fresca
* fruta nueva
* fruta prohibida
* fruta seca
* frutal
* frutería
* frutero
* mosca de la fruta
* pastel de fruta (“fruit cake”)
* salpicón de frutas
* tirar fruta
* uno come la fruta aceda, y otro tiene la dentera

##### Related terms

* fruto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fruta
* inflection of frutar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “fruta”, 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
* fruta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$

### Anagrams

* trufa