pepineiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From pepino (“cucumber”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.piˈne(j).ɾu/ [pe.piˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.piˈne(j).ɾo/ [pe.piˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.piˈnɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.piˈnej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.piˈnej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.piˈne.ɾu/
Noun
pepineiro m (plural pepineiros)
- cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)
- Synonym: pepino
Further reading
- “pepineiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pepineiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026