açafrão

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree
Aramaic צפרder.
Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān)
Andalusian Arabic زعفرانbor.
Portuguese açafrão

    Borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān, “saffron”),[1][2] via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Asturian and Spanish azafrán.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.saˈfɾɐ̃w̃/ [a.saˈfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɐˈfɾɐ̃w̃/

    • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: a‧ça‧frão

    Noun

    açafrão m (plural açafrões)

    1. saffron

    References

    1. ^ “açafrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
    2. ^ “açafrão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

    Further reading

    • “açafrão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
    • “açafrão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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