hortelão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hortulanus (“gardener”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oh.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oɾ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oɾ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oχ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oɻ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oɻ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔɾ.tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: hor‧te‧lão

Noun

hortelão m (plural hortelãos, feminine hortelã, feminine plural hortelãs)

  1. someone who tends a kitchen garden
    Synonym: horteleiro

Descendants

  • Macanese: hortelám (“mint”)

References

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