alforba

Portuguese

Alternative forms

alforva, alfarva, alforfa

Etymology

From Arabic الحُلْبَة (al-ḥulba).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfoʁ.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈfoɦ.bɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈfoɾ.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈfoɾ.bɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈfoʁ.bɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈfoʁ.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfoɻ.ba/ [aʊ̯ˈfoɻ.ba]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfoɾ.bɐ/ [aɫˈfoɾ.βɐ]

Noun

alforba f (plural alforbas)

fenugreek (spice)
Synonym: feno-grego

Further reading

“alforba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“alforba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025