goiaba

Galician

Noun

goiaba f (plural goiabas)

1. guava (fruit)

Portuguese

goiabas

Alternative forms

• goyaba (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayaba (“guava”), from Arawakan guayabo (“guava tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡojˈa.bɐ/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡojˈa.bɐ/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡojˈa.ba/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡojˈa.bɐ/ [ɡojˈa.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -abɐ
• Hyphenation: goi‧a‧ba

Noun

goiaba f (plural goiabas)

1. guava (fruit)

Related terms

• goiabada
• goiabeira

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Goiaab
• Tamil: கொய்யா (koyyā)

Further reading

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