açafrão
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān, “saffron”),[1][2] via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Asturian and Spanish azafrán.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ça‧frão
Noun
açafrão m (plural açafrões)
References
- ^ “açafrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “açafrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Further reading
- “açafrão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913