jatobá

See also: jatoba and Jatobá

Portuguese

Um jatobá

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îeta'ybá.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.toˈba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.tuˈba/ [ʒɐ.tuˈβa]

• Hyphenation: ja‧to‧bá

Noun

jatobá m (plural jatobás)

1. courbaril (a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril)
2. the wood of this tree, highly desirable because of its hardness

Further reading

• “jatobá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024