alfavaca
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic الحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.faˈva.kɐ/ [aʊ̯.faˈva.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.faˈva.ka/ [aʊ̯.faˈva.ka]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fɐˈva.kɐ/ [aɫ.fɐˈva.kɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fɐˈba.kɐ/ [aɫ.fɐˈβa.kɐ]
- Hyphenation: al‧fa‧va‧ca
Noun
alfavaca f (plural alfavacas)
- basil (plant or culinary herb)
- Synonym: manjericão
Further reading
- “alfavaca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alfavaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026