tumbérgia
Portuguese
Etymology
Named after Carl Peter Thunberg, a Swedish botanist.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tũˈbɛʁ.ʒi.ɐ/ [tũˈbɛɦ.ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tũˈbɛʁ.ʒjɐ/ [tũˈbɛɦ.ʒjɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tũˈbɛɾ.ʒi.ɐ/ [tũˈbɛɾ.ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tũˈbɛɾ.ʒjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tũˈbɛʁ.ʒi.ɐ/ [tũˈbɛʁ.ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tũˈbɛʁ.ʒjɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /tũˈbɛɻ.ʒi.ɐ/ [tũˈbɛɻ.ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tũˈbɛɻ.ʒjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tũˈbɛʁ.ʒi.a/ [tũˈbɛɦ.ʒɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /tũˈbɛʁ.ʒja/ [tũˈbɛɦ.ʒja]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tũˈbɛɾ.ʒjɐ/
Noun
tumbérgia f (plural tumbérgias)
- thunbergia (any member of the genus Thunbergia of flowering plants)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tumbérgia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026