fecundo

fertile

adjective feh-KOON-doh Rare

Origin: From Latin fecundus (fruitful, fertile).

Also means

prolific

Usage Note

Fecundo is literary and formal; in everyday speech fértil is preferred for literal agricultural fertility. Fecundo shines in figurative use: un escritor fecundo (a prolific writer), una mente fecunda (a fertile mind). The related noun is fecundidad (fertility, prolificacy). Do not confuse with fecundación (fertilization), a biological process term.

Examples

"Fue un período fecundo para la literatura española."

Natural Translation

It was a fertile period for Spanish literature.

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