feijão-manteiga
Portuguese
Etymology
From feijão (“bean”) + manteiga (“butter”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j)ˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡɐ/ [fe(ɪ̯)ˌʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃.mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j)ˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈte(j).ɡa/ [fe(ɪ̯)ˌʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃.mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/ [fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [fejˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈtej.ɡɐ/ [fejˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈtej.ɣɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /feˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈte.ɡɐ/ [feˌʒɐ̃w̃.mɐ̃ˈte.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: fei‧jão‧-man‧tei‧ga
Noun
feijão-manteiga m (plural feijões-manteigas or feijões-manteiga)
- lima bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- Synonym: (Brazil) feijão-verde
Related terms
Further reading
- “feijão-manteiga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “feijão-manteiga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- feijão-manteiga on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt