lêvedo

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese levedo, from Vulgar Latin *levĭtum (“yeast, sourdough”), from Latin levātus (“lifted”). Compare Galician lévedo, Spanish leudo.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: lê‧ve‧do

Adjective

lêvedo (feminine lêveda, masculine plural lêvedos, feminine plural lêvedas)

  1. (of dough) leavened or fermented with yeast

Derived terms

Noun

lêvedo m (plural lêvedos)

  1. (uncommon) yeast
    Synonym: levedura
    • 2001, Joadir Antônio Foresti, “Ligados aos combustíveis alternativos”, in A complexidade da teleducação no Canal Futura‎, Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS, page 105:
      O lêvedo é o que é comumente chamado de fermento de padaria, fermento flash.
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    • 2005, “Suplementos nutricionais”, in Ana Beatriz Rodrigues, transl., Tratamentos naturais‎, Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier, translation of Prescription for natural cures by James F. Balch, →ISBN, page 532:
      O lêvedo vermelho do arroz (Monascus purpureus) é um suplemento usado para reduzir o colesterol. O lêvedo vermelho era descrito em antigos textos chineses como auxiliar da circulação.
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