calafate

English

Etymology

From Spanish calafate.

Noun

calafate (plural calafates)

1. The barberry of South America.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈfa.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈfa.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈfa.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈfa.tɨ/

Noun

calafate m (plural calafates)

1. caulker

Spanish

Noun

calafate m or f by sense (plural calafates)

1. caulker

   Synonyms: calafateador, calafateadora

2. (Chile, Argentina) barberry (the local Berberis species, as the Magellan barberry)

   Synonym: michay

Further reading

• “calafate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014