agávea
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡa.ve.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡa.ve.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡa.vjɐ/ [ɐˈɣa.vjɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡa.bjɐ/ [ɐˈɣa.βjɐ]
- Hyphenation: a‧gá‧ve‧a
Noun
agávea f (plural agáveas)
- (botany) American aloe (Agave americana)
- Synonyms: agave, babosa-brava, pau-pita, pita, piteira
Further reading
- “agávea”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “agávea”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026