espinafre

Portuguese

espinafres

Etymology 1

From Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ). Compare Spanish espinaca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.piˈna.fɾi/, /es.piˈna.fɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.piˈna.fɾi/, /es.piˈna.fɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.piˈna.fɾi/, /eʃ.piˈna.fɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.piˈna.fɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: es‧pi‧na‧fre

Noun

espinafre m (plural espinafres)

1. spinach

Etymology 2

Verb

espinafre

1. inflection of espinafrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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