herbáceo
See also: herbaceo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eʁˈba.se.u/ [eɦˈba.se.u]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /eɾˈba.se.u/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eʁˈba.se.u/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /eɻˈba.se.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eʁˈba.se.o/ [eɦˈba.se.o]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iɾˈba.sju/ [iɾˈβa.sju]
- Hyphenation: her‧bá‧ce‧o
Adjective
herbáceo (feminine herbácea, masculine plural herbáceos, feminine plural herbáceas)
- (botany, of a plant) herbaceous (not having wood)
Related terms
Further reading
- “herbáceo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “herbáceo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “herbáceo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbaθeo/ [eɾˈβ̞a.θe.o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbaseo/ [eɾˈβ̞a.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθeo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: her‧bá‧ce‧o
Adjective
herbáceo (feminine herbácea, masculine plural herbáceos, feminine plural herbáceas)
- (botany, of a plant) herbaceous (not having wood)
Related terms
Further reading
- “herbáceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025