Polyglot Dictionary

surto

/ˈsuɾtu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os surtos

Meaning

  1. outbreak

    • Houve um surto.

      There was an outbreak.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

erupção

Close — both describe a sudden onset, an outbreak and an eruption.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

estallido

estallido is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "outbreak."

Practice

1 What does surto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Houve um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches surto?

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