pimenta
See also: Pimenta
English
Noun
pimenta (plural pimentas)
- pimento
- 1814, John Lunan, Hortus jamaicensis (page 67)
- The pimenta trees grow spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica, but more particularly on hilly situations near the sea, on the northern side of that island […]
- 1814, John Lunan, Hortus jamaicensis (page 67)
Anagrams
- naptime
French
Verb
pimenta
- third-person singular past historic of pimenter
Italian
Verb
pimenta
- third-person singular present indicative of pimentare
- second-person singular imperative of pimentare
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta, form of pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“I paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ˈmẽ.ta/, /pi.ˈmẽ.tɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ˈmẽ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: pi‧men‧ta
Noun
pimenta f (plural pimentas)
- pepper (plant)
- (uncountable) pepper (spice)
- pepper (fruit)
Synonyms
- (plant): pimenteiro
Derived terms
- pimenta-da-jamaica
- pimenta do reino
- pimenta malagueta
- pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco
- pimentão
- pimenta preta
- pimentinha
Related terms
- apimentado
- apimentar
- pigmento
- pimental
- pimenteira
- pimenteiral
- pimenteiro
- pimento