macaxeira
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi makaxera.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.kaˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [ma.kaˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.kaˈʃe(j).ɾa/ [ma.kaˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.kɐˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.kɐˈʃej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.kɐˈʃej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.kɐˈʃe.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧xei‧ra
Noun
macaxeira f (plural macaxeiras)
- (chiefly Northeast Brazil) manioc (Manihot esculenta, a tropical plant with edible roots)
Further reading
- “macaxeira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “macaxeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026