portogallo
See also: Portogallo
Italian
Alternative forms
- portugallo (dialectal)
- pertocallo (dialectal, Serrone)
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan [taronja de] Portugal, possibly via Neapolitan portogallo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /por.toˈɡal.lo/
- Rhymes: -allo
- Hyphenation: por‧to‧gàl‧lo
Noun
portogallo m (plural portogalli) (dialectal, central-southern Italy, thence also literary)
- sweet orange (fruit)
- Synonym: arancia
- 1773, Vincenzo Corrado, Il cuoco galante, Naples: Stamperia Raimondana, page 186:
- Pesto il Cedro candito con portogallo candito e majorana, si scioglie con aceto, nel quale si farà bollire condito di spezie
- I crush the candied citron with the candied orange and marjoram, it is dissolved with vinegar, in which it will be boiled seasoned with spices
Descendants
- → Greek: πορτοκάλι (portokáli) (see there for further descendants)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پورتقال (portokal) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “portogallo”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 13 perf–po, UTET, 1986, page 993ab
- portogallo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1272: “l'arancia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it