peixota

Portuguese

Etymology

From peixe +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe(j)ˈʃɔ.tɐ/ [pe(ɪ̯)ˈʃɔ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe(j)ˈʃɔ.ta/ [pe(ɪ̯)ˈʃɔ.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐjˈʃɔ.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pejˈʃɔ.tɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pejˈʃɔ.tɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /peˈʃɔ.tɐ/

Hyphenation: pei‧xo‧ta

Noun

peixota f (plural peixotas)

(zoology) common name for fish of species Merluccius or Urophycis
Synonyms: merluça, pescada

Further reading

“peixota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“peixota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026