bétele

Portuguese

Alternative forms

bétel, betel

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) / Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.te.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.te.le/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tɨ.lɨ/

Noun

bétele m (plural bételes)

(botany) betel

Descendants

→ Dutch: betel
→ English: betel
→ French: bétel
- → Romanian: betel
→ Italian: betel
→ Polish: betel

Further reading

“bétele”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bétele”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026