hortaliça

Portuguese

Etymology

From horta (“kitchen garden”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.taˈli.sɐ/ [oh.taˈli.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.taˈli.sɐ/ [oh.taˈli.sɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.taˈli.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.taˈli.sɐ/ [oχ.taˈli.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.taˈli.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɐˈli.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: hor‧ta‧li‧ça

Noun

hortaliça f (plural hortaliças)

1. vegetable (plant raised for leaves, roots, fruit or flowers)

   Synonyms: legume, vegetal, verdura

Derived terms

• hortaliçazinha (diminutive)

Related terms

• hortaliceiro
• hortar
• hortelã
• hortelão
• horteleiro
• horti-
• hortícula
• horticultor
• horticultura
• horto