azinheira
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From azinha + -eira. From Old Galician-Portuguese azỹeira, from azinna, anzinna, enzinna, from Vulgar Latin ilicīna, from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧zi‧nhei‧ra
Noun edit
azinheira f (plural azinheiras)
- holm oak (Quercus ilex, a tree of the Mediterranean)
- 1971, José Afonso (lyrics and music), “Grândola, Vila Morena”, in Cantigas do Maio:
- À sombra duma azinheira
Que já não sabia a idade
Jurei ter por companheira
Grândola, a tua vontade- In the shadow of a holm oak
Which no longer knew its age
I swore as my companion
Grândola, your will
- In the shadow of a holm oak