açafrão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān, “saffron”),[1][2] via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Asturian and Spanish azafrán.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.saˈfɾɐ̃w̃/ [a.saˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɐˈfɾɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ça‧frão

Noun

açafrão m (plural açafrões)

  1. saffron

References

  1. ^ “açafrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “açafrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Further reading

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