pemento

Galician

pementos (peppers)
pementos de Padrón

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pigmentum (pigment, colour). Doublet of pigmento.

Cognate with Portuguese pimento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈmen.to̝/, /peˈmɛn.to̝/
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Noun

pemento m (plural pementos)

  1. pepper; fruit of Capsicum spp.
    Pementos de Padrón: uns pican e outros non.Peppers from Padrón: some are hot, others are not.
  2. a pepper plant
  3. paprika; pimentón
    Os ingredientes do "polbo á feira" son: polvo, sal, aceite e pemento.
    The ingredients of "polbo á feira" are: octopus, salt, olive oil and paprika.

References

  • pimenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • pimenta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • pemento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • pemento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pemento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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