quiabeiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From quiabo + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ki.aˈbe(j).ɾu/ [kɪ.aˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /kjaˈbe(j).ɾu/ [kjaˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ki.aˈbe(j).ɾo/ [kɪ.aˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾo], (faster pronunciation) /kjaˈbe(j).ɾo/ [kjaˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kjɐˈbɐj.ɾu/ [kjɐˈβɐj.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kjɐˈbej.ɾu/ [kjɐˈβej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kjɐˈbe.ɾu/ [kjɐˈβe.ɾu]
Noun
quiabeiro m (plural quiabeiros)
- okra (Abelmoschus esculentus, a plant grown for its edible pods)
Further reading
- “quiabeiro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.