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palmiteiro.

any palm tree with an edible heart

10 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/paw.miˈte(j).ɾu/Brazil[paʊ̯.miˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]Brazil/pal.miˈtɐj.ɾu/Portugal[paɫ.miˈtɐj.ɾu]Portugal
  1. any palm tree with an edible heart

    masculine
  2. palm tree of the species Euterpe edulis

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese palmito Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro Portuguese -eiro Portuguese palmiteiro From palmito (“heart of palm”) + -eiro.

noun/paw.miˈte(j).ɾu/Brazil[paʊ̯.miˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]Brazil/pal.miˈtɐj.ɾu/Portugal[paɫ.miˈtɐj.ɾu]Portugal
  1. someone who harvest heart of palm from wild palm trees, often illegally

    masculine
  2. a black person with a sexual preference for white people

    Brazil · derogatory · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese palmito Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro Portuguese -eiro Portuguese palmiteiro From palmito (“heart of palm”) + -eiro.

adj/paw.miˈte(j).ɾu/Brazil[paʊ̯.miˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]Brazil/pal.miˈtɐj.ɾu/Portugal[paɫ.miˈtɐj.ɾu]Portugal
  1. heart of palm extraction

    relational
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese palmito Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro Portuguese -eiro Portuguese palmiteiro From palmito (“heart of palm”) + -eiro.

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