pêssego

See also: pessego

Portuguese

pêssegos

Alternative forms

• pessego (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pessego, from Latin persicum (“peach”), from Persia (“Persia”). Doublet of alperce and pérsico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.se.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.se.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.se.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.sɨ.ɡu/ [ˈpe.sɨ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: pês‧se‧go

Noun

pêssego m (plural pêssegos)

1. peach (fruit)

Related terms

• pessegada
• pessegal
• pessegueiro

Descendants

• → Kabuverdianu: pésigu