palmito
English
Noun
palmito (plural palmitos or palmitoes)
- Synonym of heart of palm
Portuguese
Etymology
From palma + -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).
Noun
palmito m (plural palmitos)
- heart of palm (a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees)
Related terms
- palmeira
Spanish
Etymology
palma + -ito. From Latin palma (“palm tree”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palˈmito/ [palˈmi.t̪o]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: pal‧mi‧to
Noun
palmito m (plural palmitos)
- heart of palm
Descendants
- → French: palmite
- English: palmitic
Further reading
- “palmito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014