cafeeiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cafezeiro
  • cafèzeiro (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

From café + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.feˈe(j).ɾu/ [ka.feˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.feˈe(j).ɾu/ [ka.feˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.feˈe(j).ɾo/ [ka.feˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfjɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfjɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfjej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfjej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈfje.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧fe‧ei‧ro

Noun

cafeeiro m (plural cafeeiros)

1. coffee tree or shrub (any of the rubiaceous shrubs of the genus Coffea)

Adjective

cafeeiro (feminine cafeeira, masculine plural cafeeiros, feminine plural cafeeiras)

1. (relational) coffee

   A indústria cafeeira teve um papel importantíssimo na economia brasileira.

   The coffee industry had a very important role in Brazilian economy.

Further reading

• “cafeeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cafeeiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cafeeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026