maçã do amor

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Portuguese

Maçãs do amor

Etymology

Literally, “love apple”. Perhaps a calque of French pomme d’amour.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ do aˈmoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsɐ̃ du ɐˈmoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsɐ̃ du ɐˈmo.ɾi/

Noun

maçã do amor f (plural maçãs do amor)

candy apple (apple with a hard sugar candy coating)

Further reading

“maçã do amor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
maçã do amor on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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