ervilha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ervilia (“type of vetch”). Compare Spanish arveja and ervilla.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈvi.ʎɐ/ [eɦˈvi.ʎɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈvi.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈvi.ʎɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /eɻˈvi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈvi.ʎa/ [eɦˈvi.ʎa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾˈvi.ʎɐ/, /eɾˈvi.ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾˈbi.ʎɐ/ [iɾˈβi.ʎɐ], /eɾˈbi.ʎɐ/ [eɾˈβi.ʎɐ]

Rhymes: -iʎɐ
Hyphenation: er‧vi‧lha

Noun

ervilha f (plural ervilhas)

(cooking) pea (edible seed)
(botany) pea (plant)

Related terms

ervilhal

Further reading

ervilha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“ervilha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ervilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026