alfarrobeira

Portuguese

alfarrobeira

Etymology

From alfarroba (“carob”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.fa.hoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.fa.hoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.fa.χoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾa/ [aʊ̯.fa.hoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbɐj.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbɐj.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbej.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbej.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbe.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβe.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧far‧ro‧bei‧ra

Noun

alfarrobeira f (plural alfarrobeiras)

1. (botany) carob (Ceratonia siliqua, a tree of the Mediterranean region)

   Synonyms: figueira-de-pitágoras, figueira-do-egipto, Pão-de-João, Pão-de-São-João

Further reading

• Alfarrobeira on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt