figueiredo

See also: Figueiredo

Portuguese

Etymology

From figueira (“fig tree”) +‎ -edo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡe(j)ˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɡe(ɪ̯)ˈɾe.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡe(j)ˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɡe(ɪ̯)ˈɾe.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡe(j)ˈɾe.do/ [fi.ɡe(ɪ̯)ˈɾe.do]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡɐjˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɣɐjˈɾe.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡɐjˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɣɐjˈɾe.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡejˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɣejˈɾe.ðu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡejˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɣejˈɾe.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fi.ɡeˈɾe.du/ [fi.ɣeˈɾe.ðu]

• Homophone: Figueiredo
• Hyphenation: fi‧guei‧re‧do

Noun

figueiredo m (plural figueiredos)

1. a place with an abundance of fig trees; an orchard of fig trees

   Synonym: figueiral

Derived terms

• Figueiredo

Related terms

• figueira
• figo

Further reading

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