palmito

English

Noun

palmito (plural palmitos or palmitoes)

1. Synonym of heart of palm

Portuguese

Etymology

From palma +‎ -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈmi.tu/ [paʊ̯ˈmi.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈmi.tu/ [paʊ̯ˈmi.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈmi.to/ [paʊ̯ˈmi.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /palˈmi.tu/ [paɫˈmi.tu]

• Hyphenation: pal‧mi‧to

Noun

palmito m (plural palmitos)

1. heart of palm (a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees)

Related terms

• palmeira

Spanish

Etymology

From palma +‎ -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palˈmito/ [palˈmi.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pal‧mi‧to

Noun

palmito m (plural palmitos)

1. heart of palm

Descendants

• → French: palmite
  • English: palmitic

See also

• lucir palmito

Further reading

• “palmito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014