juazeiro

See also: Juazeiro

English

Etymology

    From Portuguese juazeiro.

    Noun

    juazeiro

    1. A small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil.
      • 1984, Helen R. Lane, transl., The War of the End of the World, London: Folio Society, translation of La guerra del fin del mundo by Mario Vargas Llosa, published 2012, page 40:
        The police trotted out there, amid juazeiro trees with sharp-edged branches and thickets of velame that irritated their skins.
      • 2008, Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Seamstress, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 565:
        Behind his private tent was a yard enclosed by barbed wire and shaded by the camp's only juazeiro tree.
      • 2021, “Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Wild Medicinal Plants of Piauí State-Brazil” (chapter 8), in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, editors, Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants, Boca Raton: CRC Press, →DOI, page 271:
        Due to its drought resistance, juazeiro is very important economically for the northeast region of Brazil, and practically all parts of the plant are used by the population.

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    • juàzeiro (pre-reform spelling)
    • joazeiro (pre-standardization spelling)

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Old Tupi îuábor.
      Portuguese juá
      Portuguese -z-
      Latin -ārius
      Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro
      Portuguese -eiro
      Portuguese juazeiro

      From juá + -z- + -eiro.

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒu.aˈze(j).ɾu/ [ʒʊ.aˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /ʒwaˈze(j).ɾu/ [ʒwaˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]
        • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒu.aˈze(j).ɾo/ [ʒʊ.aˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /ʒwaˈze(j).ɾo/ [ʒwaˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo]
       

      • Rhymes: -ejɾu, -eɾu, -ɐjɾu
      • Hyphenation: ju‧a‧zei‧ro
      • Homophone: Juazeiro

      Noun

      juazeiro m (plural juazeiros)

      1. juazeiro (Sarcomphalus joazeiro)
        Synonym: juá
        • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 9:
          Na planicie avermelhada os joazeiros alargavam duas manchas verdes.
          On the reddish plain, the juazeiros formed two green spots.
        • 1949 June 7, Humberto Teixeira, Luiz Gonzaga, “Juazeiro” (0:13 from the start), in RCA Victor 80-0605‎[1], performed by Luiz Gonzaga, Rio de Janeiro: RCA Victor, published October 1949:
          Juazeiro... Juazeiro / Me arresponde por favô / Juazeiro, velho amigo / Onde anda o meu amô
          Juazeiro, juazeiro, please answer me. Juazeiro, old friend, where my darling is.

      Derived terms

      • Juazeiro
      • Juazeiro do Norte
      • Juazeiro do Piauí

      Descendants

      • → English: juazeiro
      • → Translingual: Sarcomphalus joazeiro

      Further reading

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