pitanga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pitanga, from Old Tupi pytanga.

Noun

pitanga (plural pitangas)

1. A Eugenia uniflora tree or its fruit.
   • 1905, Natal Agriculture Journal, page 445:

     The first maggots were found in pitangas (Brazilian cherries) on the third day after our arrival, but the quantity was of no value, and it was impossible to say whether they were parisitized.

   • 1960, Ann M. Perry, Dooryard Supermarket in the Tropics & Subtropics: Its Development and Instructions for Fabrication and Use of Its Products:

     Immature pitangas have a disagreeable resinous taste. […] The Surinam cherry is essentially a dessert fruit. The fresh fruits are eaten out of hand or made into jellies, jams, sherbert, sauce and beverages.

Synonyms

• Brazilian cherry
• Cayenne cherry
• pitangueira
• Surinam cherry, Suriname cherry

Portuguese

Pitangas no galho.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pytanga, ellipsis of 'ybapytanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧tan‧ga
• Homophone: Pitanga

Noun

pitanga f (plural pitangas)

1. (Brazil) Surinam cherry (fruit of the Eugenia uniflora tree)

Derived terms

• Pitanga
• pitangal
• pitangão
• pitangueira

Descendants

• → English: pitanga
• → Hunsrik: Pitange, Pitangebaam

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈtanɡa/ [piˈt̪ãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: pi‧tan‧ga

Noun

pitanga f (plural pitangas)

1. pitanga

   Synonym: ñangapirí

Further reading

• “pitanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014