pemento

Galician

pementos (peppers)

pementos de Padrón

Alternative forms

• pimento

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment, colour”). Doublet of pigmento.

Cognate with Portuguese pimento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈmen.to̝/, /peˈmɛn.to̝/

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Noun

pemento m (plural pementos)

1. pepper; fruit of Capsicum spp.

   Pementos de Padrón: uns pican e outros non. ― Peppers from Padrón: some are hot, others are not.

2. a pepper plant
3. paprika; pimentón

   Os ingredientes do "polbo á feira" son: polvo, sal, aceite e pemento.

   The ingredients of "polbo á feira" are: octopus, salt, olive oil and paprika.

Related terms

• pementa

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pimenta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pimenta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “pemento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pemento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pemento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.