calafate
English
Etymology
Spanish calafate
Noun
calafate (plural calafates)
- The barberry of South America.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.laˈfa.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.laˈfa.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.lɐˈfa.t(ɨ)/
Noun
calafate m (plural calafates)
- caulker
Spanish
Noun
calafate m or f (plural calafates)
- caulker
- Synonyms: calafateador, calafateadora
- (Chile, Argentina) barberry (the local Berberis species, as the Magellan barberry)
- Synonym: michay
Further reading
- “calafate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014