abacateiro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From abacate (“avocado”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.kaˈte(j).ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.kaˈte(j).ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐˈte.ɾu/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca‧tei‧ro

Noun

abacateiro m (plural abacateiros)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abacateiro.

Related terms

abacate

Further reading

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

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