abacateiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From abacate (“avocado”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ba.kaˈte(j).ɾu/ [a.ba.kaˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ba.kaˈte(j).ɾo/ [a.ba.kaˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈtɐj.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.kɐˈtɐj.ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈtej.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.kɐˈtej.ɾu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈtej.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.kɐˈtej.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈte.ɾu/ [ɐ.βɐ.kɐˈte.ɾu]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca‧tei‧ro

Noun

abacateiro m (plural abacateiros)

  1. avocado (tree)
    Os abacates crescem nos abacateiros.
    Avocados grow on avocado trees.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abacateiro.

Further reading
  • “abacateiro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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