samambaia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi samambaîa.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.mɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/ [sa.mɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.mɐ̃ˈbaj.a/ [sa.mɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.mɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/

Rhymes: -ajɐ
Hyphenation: sa‧mam‧bai‧a

Noun

samambaia f (plural samambaias)

(Brazil) fern
Synonym: (Portugal) feto

Further reading

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