pimentão

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese pimenta

Old Galician-Portuguese -on

Portuguese -ão

Portuguese pimentão

From pimenta (“pepper”) + -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.mẽˈtɐ̃w̃/ [pi.mẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.mẽˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: pi‧men‧tão

Noun

pimentão m (plural pimentões)

1. sweet pepper, bell pepper (fruit)
2. sweet pepper, bell pepper (plant)

Synonyms

• pimento

Related terms

• pimenta, apimentado
• paprica

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Pimentong

Further reading

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