abacate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abacate. Doublet of avocado.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.bəˈkɑt.i/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

abacate (plural abacates)

1. Synonym of avocado.

Further reading

• “abacate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Portuguese

Abacate

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“testicle, avocado”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈka.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈka.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈka.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈka.tɨ/ [ɐ.βɐˈka.tɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /abaˈkati/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca‧te

Noun

abacate m (plural abacates)

1. avocado (fruit)

   O guacamole é feito com abacates.

   Guacamole is made with avocados.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abacate.

Related terms

• abacateiro

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: abakati
• → Bulgarian: авока́до (avokádo)
• → English: abacate
• → Hunsrik: Abakatt

Further reading

• “abacate” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913