colorau
Portuguese
Etymology
From a dialectal form of Spanish colorado (“red”) or Asturian coloráu (“red”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾaw/ [ko.loˈɾaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈɾaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: co‧lo‧rau
Noun
colorau m (plural coloraus)
- red food dye made from achiote berries or bell peppers
- paprika
Related terms
Further reading
- “colorau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “colorau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koloˈraw]
Verb
colorau
- third-person plural imperfect indicative of colora