milgrada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• milgranada

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese milgrãada, ultimately from Latin mālogrānātum, possibly influenced by mille-grana (“thousand seeds”). Cognate with Galician milgranda; cf. also Catalan magrana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miwˈɡɾa.dɐ/ [miʊ̯ˈɡɾa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miwˈɡɾa.dɐ/ [miʊ̯ˈɡɾa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miwˈɡɾa.da/ [miʊ̯ˈɡɾa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /milˈɡɾa.dɐ/ [miɫˈɣɾa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: mil‧gra‧da

Noun

milgrada f (plural milgradas)

1. (archaic, dialectal) pomegranate (fruit)

   Synonym: romã