pernambuco

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See also: Pernambuco

English

Noun

pernambuco (uncountable)

  1. The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.
    • 2000, James Beament, The Violin Explained: Components, Mechanism, and Sound, page 159:
      Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.

Portuguese

Noun

pernambuco m (plural pernambucos)

  1. (obsolete) someone from the Brazilian state of Pernambuco
    Synonym: pernambucano

Spanish

pernambuco

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾnamˈbuko/
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Syllabification: per‧nam‧bu‧co

Noun

pernambuco m (plural pernambucos)

  1. brazilwood
    Synonyms: palo Brasil, pau-Brasil