hortelám di sopa

Macanese

Alternative forms

(archaic) hortelão de sopa

Etymology

Literally, “soup mint”. Referred to as such due to its common usage in soups in Macanese cuisine,[1] in addition to various other dishes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɛˈlaŋ di ˌsɔ.pa/

Noun

hortelám di sopa

spearmint (Mentha viridis)[2]
chá di hortelám di sopa ― spearmint tea

Usage notes

Noted for its thin leaves, as opposed to hortelám malavar which has thick leaves.

References

Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “hortelão de sopa”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 458
https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#h

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