pera-abacate
Portuguese
Etymology
From pera (“pear”) + abacate (“avocado”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpe.ɾɐ.a.baˈka.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpe.ɾa.a.baˈka.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpe.ɾɐ.ɐ.bɐˈka.tɨ/ [ˌpe.ɾɐ.ɐ.βɐˈka.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧ra‧-a‧ba‧ca‧te
Noun
pera-abacate f (plural peras-abacate or peras-abacates)
- avocado (fruit)
- Synonyms: abacate, aguacate, pera-de-advogado
Further reading
- “pera-abacate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025