azeitona

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).

Pronunciation

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

  1. olive (fruit)

Descendants

  • Portuguese: azeitona

Further reading

Portuguese

azeitonas

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”).[1][2] Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧zei‧to‧na

Noun

azeitona f (plural azeitonas)

  1. olive (fruit)
    Synonym: oliva

See also

References

  1. ^ “azeitona”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “azeitona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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