herbáceo

See also: herbaceo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈba.se.u/ [eɦˈba.se.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈba.se.u/ [eɦˈba.se.u]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈba.se.u/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈba.se.u/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /eɻˈba.se.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈba.se.o/ [eɦˈba.se.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾˈba.sju/ [iɾˈβa.sju]

• Hyphenation: her‧bá‧ce‧o

Adjective

herbáceo (feminine herbácea, masculine plural herbáceos, feminine plural herbáceas)

1. (botany, of a plant) herbaceous (not having wood)

Related terms

• erva

Further reading

• “herbáceo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “herbáceo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “herbáceo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbaθeo/ [eɾˈβ̞a.θe.o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbaseo/ [eɾˈβ̞a.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθeo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: her‧bá‧ce‧o

Adjective

herbáceo (feminine herbácea, masculine plural herbáceos, feminine plural herbáceas)

1. (botany, of a plant) herbaceous (not having wood)

Related terms

• hierba

Further reading

• “herbáceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025