quiabo

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjabo/ [ˈkja.β̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Hyphenation: quia‧bo

Noun

quiabo m (plural quiabos)

  1. okra (vegetable, Abelmoschus esculentus)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “quiabo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Kimbundu kingombo.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈa.bu/ [kɪˈa.bu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkja.bu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kiˈa.bo/ [kɪˈa.bo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkja.bo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkja.bu/ [ˈkja.βu]

  • Rhymes: -abu
  • Hyphenation: qui‧a‧bo

Noun

quiabo m (plural quiabos)

  1. okra, Abelmoschus esculentus
    Synonym: (dated) quingombó

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “quiabo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
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