hortelão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hortulanus (“gardener”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oh.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oh.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oɾ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oχ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/ [oɻ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: hor‧te‧lão

Noun

hortelão m (plural hortelãos, feminine hortelã, feminine plural hortelãs)

1. someone who tends a kitchen garden

   Synonym: horteleiro

Related terms

• hortaliça
• hortaliceiro
• hortar
• hortelã
• horteleiro
• horti-
• hortícula
• horticultor
• horticultura
• horto

Descendants

• Macanese: hortelám (“mint”)