pimenta

See also: Pimenta

English

Noun

pimenta (plural pimentas)

  1. pimento
    • 1814, John Lunan, Hortus jamaicensis, page 67:
      The pimenta trees grow spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica, but more particularly on hilly situations near the sea, on the northern side of that island […]

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French

Verb

pimenta

  1. third-person singular past historic of pimenter

Italian

Verb

pimenta

  1. inflection of pimentare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta, form of pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
  • Hyphenation: pi‧men‧ta
  • Homophone: Pimenta

Noun

pimenta f (plural pimentas, diminutive pimentinha, augmentative pimentão)

  1. (countable) pepper (plant)
    Synonym: pimenteiro
  2. (countable) pepper (fruit)
    1. (Brazil) fruit pertaining to the genus Capsicum
      Synonyms: (Portugal) pimento, (Portugal) malagueta, (Portugal) piripíri / piri-piri, (Angola) jindungo
    2. (Brazil, Portugal) fruit pertaining to the genus Piper
      Synonym: (Mozambique) pimenta-redonda
  3. (uncountable) pepper (spice)
  4. (countable) hot sauce

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