milgrada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • milgranada

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese milgrãada, ultimately from Latin mālogrānātum, possibly influenced by mille-grana (“thousand seeds”). Cognate with Galician milgranda; cf. also Catalan magrana.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /miwˈɡɾa.dɐ/ [miʊ̯ˈɡɾa.dɐ]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /milˈɡɾa.dɐ/ [miɫˈɣɾa.ðɐ]

  • Hyphenation: mil‧gra‧da

Noun

milgrada f (plural milgradas)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) pomegranate (fruit)
    Synonym: romã

Further reading

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