/deˈsjeɾto/
desert; empty (of people); uninhabited
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin dēsertus, probably taken as an early semi-learned term (the completely inherited/popular result would have been disierto, which was found in a few old texts).
desert
Synonyms: peladero
Related: búho del desierto, carpintero del desierto, clamar en el desierto, conejo del desierto, desértico, gato del desierto, matraca del desierto, olivo del desierto, predicar en el desierto
Inherited from Old Spanish desierto, dessierto, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēsertum.