cajueiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• acajueiro, cajuzeiro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju

Old Tupi akaîubor.

Portuguese caju

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese cajueiro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʒuˈe(j).ɾu/ [ka.ʒʊˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈʒwe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈʒwe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʒuˈe(j).ɾu/ [ka.ʒʊˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈʒwe(j).ɾu/ [kaˈʒwe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ʒuˈe(j).ɾo/ [ka.ʒʊˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈʒwe(j).ɾo/ [kaˈʒwe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʒwɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʒwɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʒwej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʒwej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʒwe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ju‧ei‧ro

Noun

cajueiro m (plural cajueiros)

1. cashew (tree)

Further reading

• “cajueiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cajueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026