floresta
See also: Floresta
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾɛs.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /floˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾɛs.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
- Hyphenation: flo‧res‧ta
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Early Medieval Latin foresta. Influenced by flor (“flower”).
Noun
floresta f (plural florestas)
- forest (dense collection of trees)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:floresta
- Meronym: árvore
Derived terms
- desflorestar
- floresta primária
- floresta primitiva
- floresta temperada
- floresta tropical
- floresta virgem
- florestal
- florestar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
floresta
- inflection of florestar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Early Medieval Latin foresta. Influenced by flor (“flower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈɾesta/ [floˈɾes.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -esta
- Syllabification: flo‧res‧ta
Noun
floresta f (plural florestas)
- woodland, greenwood, dell, forest (dense collection of trees)
- collection or gathering of pleasant things
Meronyms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “floresta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “floresta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 919