huerto

Inherited from Latin hortus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós.

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eɾto/ [ˈw̝eɾ.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: huer‧to

huerto m (plural huertos)

1. orchard

   Synonym: huerta

2. (small) fruit and vegetable garden (garden used for cultivation of agricultural crops)

   Synonyms: hortal, huerta

3. (slang) an undesirable task

• jardín

• “huerto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28