prostituo

prostituo

Esperanto

Etymology

From prostitui (to prostitute) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prostiˈtuo/
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  • Rhymes: -uo
  • Syllabification: pros‧ti‧tu‧o

Noun

prostituo (uncountable, accusative prostituon)

  1. prostitution
    Synonym: prostituado

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

    From prō- + statuō (to erect).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōstituō (present infinitive prōstituere, perfect active prōstituī, supine prōstitūtum); third conjugation

    1. to set up in public
    2. to prostitute
    3. to dishonor

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: prostituir
    • Danish: prostituere
    • French: prostituer
    • Italian: prostituire
    • Norwegian Bokmål: prostituere
    • Portuguese: prostituir
    • Romanian: prostitua
    • Sicilian: prustituiri
    • Spanish: prostituir

    References

    • prostituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • prostituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • prostituo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Verb

    prostituo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of prostituir