pateca
Ligurian
editNoun
editpateca ? (please provide plural)
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic بَطِيخَة (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Noun
editpateca f (plural patecas)
- (regional, dated) watermelon
- Synonyms: melancia, melancieira
Descendants
edit- → French: pastèque
Further reading
edit- “pateca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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