pateca

Ligurian

Noun

pateca ? (please provide plural)

1. watermelon

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic بَطِيخَة (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈtɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ

Noun

pateca f (plural patecas)

1. (regional, dated) watermelon

   Synonyms: melancia, melancieira

Descendants

• → French: pastèque

Further reading

• “pateca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025