abacaxí

See also: abacaxi

Portuguese

Noun

abacaxí m (plural abacaxís)

1. Prescribed spelling of abacaxi under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not implemented; now a common misspelling.
   • 1887, Paulino Nogueira, “Vocabulario indigena em uso na Provincia do Ceará”, in Revista trimensal do Instituto do Ceará, volume 1, number 1, [Fortaleza]: Typ. Economica, page 215:

     ABACAXÍ: a melhor especie de ananaz, de que differe no tamanho, grossura, cor e sabor […]

     ABACAXÍ: the best kind of pineapple, from which it differs in size, thickness, colour and taste […]