Sertão

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 Es könnte sich um ein fremdes Wort oder einen Transkriptionsfehler handeln. , 🇪🇸 posible que sea una palabra extranjera o un error de transcripción , 🇮🇹 potrebbe trattarsi di una parola straniera o di un errore di trascrizione. , 🇵🇹 possível que seja uma palavra estrangeira ou erro de transcrição , 🇨🇳 可能是外来词或转写错误 , 🇯🇵 外国語か転写ミスである可能性があります , 🇰🇷 외래어이거나 전사 오류일 가능성이 있다. , 🇸🇦 من الممكن أن يكون كلمة أجنبية أو خطأ في النسخ , 🇮🇳 संभवतः यह एक विदेशी शब्द है या प्रतिलिपि त्रुटि।

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Etymology

The French word **sertão** is a borrowing from Portuguese, where it denotes the arid “backlands” of Brazil. The Portuguese term comes from the verb *sertar* “to sow or cultivate”, which in turn derives from Latin **serere** “to sow, bind”. Over time the word shifted from a general sense of uncultivated land to the specific geographic region now called the sertão.

Synonyms

désert région aride zone aride pays aride plaines désertiques territoire aride zone désertique terres arides

Antonyms

ville zone urbaine littoral côte zone humide