alfarrobeira

Portuguese

Etymology

From alfarroba (“carob”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.fa.hoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [aʊ̯.fa.χoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ʁoˈbe(j).ɾa/ [aʊ̯.fa.hoˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbɐj.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβɐj.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbej.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβej.ɾɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbej.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβej.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.ʁuˈbe.ɾɐ/ [aɫ.fɐ.ʁuˈβe.ɾɐ]

Hyphenation: al‧far‧ro‧bei‧ra

Noun

alfarrobeira f (plural alfarrobeiras)

(botany) carob (Ceratonia siliqua, a tree of the Mediterranean region)
Synonyms: figueira-de-pitágoras, figueira-do-egipto, Pão-de-João, Pão-de-São-João

Further reading

Alfarrobeira on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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