campeche
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Campeche, one of the states of Mexico.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈpɛ.ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈpɛ.ʃe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈpɛ.ʃɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈpɛ.t͡ʃɨ/
Noun
campeche m (plural campeches)
- logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree of Central America)
Further reading
- “campeche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “campeche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026