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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin hortulana, feminine of hortulanus (“gardener”).
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ɔh.tɛˈlɐ̃/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /uɹ.tiˈlɐ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
- Hyphenation: hor‧te‧lã
Noun
hortelã f (plural hortelãs)
- female equivalent of hortelão
- mint (any of several aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae)
- Synonym: menta