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.tɨ/

Noun

calafate m (plural calafates)

caulker

Spanish

Noun

calafate m or f by sense (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

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