abacate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese abacate. Doublet of avocado.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.bəˈkɑt.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editabacate (plural abacates)
- Synonym of avocado.
Further reading
edit- “abacate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“testicle, avocado”).
Pronunciation
edit
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /abaˈkati/
Audio (Portugal): (file) - Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca‧te
Noun
editabacate m (plural abacates)
- avocado (fruit)
- O guacamole é feito com abacates.
- Guacamole is made with avocados.
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abacate.
Related terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “abacate” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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