trombeta

Portuguese

Etymology

Adapted borrowing from French trompette. By surface analysis, tromba +‎ -eta. Doublet of trompete.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾõˈbe.tɐ/

  • Hyphenation: trom‧be‧ta

Noun

trombeta f (plural trombetas)

  1. (music) a trumpet or bugle
  2. cornetfish (any of several slender, elongated tropical fish of the family Fistulariidae)
  3. thorn apple (Datura stramonium, a toxic herb used in traditional medicine)
    Synonyms: estramónio, figueira-do-diabo, figueira-do-inferno
  4. angel's trumpet (any plant of the genera Brugmansia and Datura)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Swahili: tarumbeta

Further reading
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