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Portuguese
Etymology
From levedar + -ura, from lêvedo. Compare also Galician and Spanish levadura.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: le‧ve‧du‧ra
Noun
levedura f (plural leveduras)
- yeast
Derived terms
Further reading
- “levedura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “levedura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “levedura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “levedura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “levedura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “levedura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024