açafrão-da-índia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• açafrão-das-índias

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˌfɾɐ̃w̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [a.saˌfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.saˌfɾɐ̃w̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒjɐ/ [a.saˌfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˌfɾɐ̃w̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ [a.saˌfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.saˌfɾɐ̃w̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒjɐ/ [a.saˌfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.saˌfɾɐ̃w̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒi.a/ [a.saˌfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /a.saˌfɾɐ̃w̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒja/ [a.saˌfɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃.daˈĩ.d͡ʒja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɐˌfɾɐ̃w̃.dɐˈĩ.djɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ça‧frão‧-da‧-ín‧di‧a

Noun

açafrão-da-índia m (uncountable)

1. turmeric (Curcuma longa, a plant of India)

   Synonym: curcuma

2. turmeric (spice made from the rhizome of the turmeric plant)

   Synonym: curcuma