uva-espim

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌu.vɐ.isˈpĩ/, /ˌu.vɐ.esˈpĩ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌu.vɐ.iʃˈpĩ/, /ˌu.vɐ.eʃˈpĩ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌu.va.esˈpĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌu.vɐ.(i)ʃˈpĩ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌu.bɐ.(i)ʃˈpĩ/ [ˌu.βɐ.(i)ʃˈpĩ]

Hyphenation: u‧va‧-es‧pim

Noun

uva-espim f (plural uvas-espim)

barberry (Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis)
Synonym: bérberis

Further reading

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