pimpinela
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pĩ.piˈnɛ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pĩ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
Noun
pimpinela f (plural pimpinelas)
- any plant of the genus Pimpinella
- (Madeira) chayote (Sechium edule, a tropical fruit-bearing vine)
Further reading
- “pimpinela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pimpinela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin pimpinella. Cognate with English pimpernel.
Noun
pimpinela f (plural pimpinelas)
- any plant of the genus Pimpinella; anise and its close relatives
- any of certain South American plants of the genus Acaena.
Further reading
- “pimpinela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025