nébeda

See also: nebēdā and nebēda

Galician

Nébedas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nepeta (catnip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛβe̝ða̝/

Noun

nébeda f (plural nébedas)

  1. lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)
    • 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:
      aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas
      they give to them, in this day, a lot of chestnuts, tasty chestnuts, boiled with fennel, lesser calamint and salt

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnebeda/ [ˈne.β̞e.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ebeda
  • Syllabification: né‧be‧da

Noun

nébeda f (plural nébedas)

  1. catnip
    Synonym: menta de gato

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Further reading

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