maçã do amor

Portuguese

Maçãs do amor

Etymology

Literally, “love apple”. Perhaps a calque of French pomme d’amour.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoʁ/ [maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoʁ/ [maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoʁ/ [maˈsɐ̃ du aˈmoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsɐ̃ do aˈmoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsɐ̃ du ɐˈmoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsɐ̃ du ɐˈmoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsɐ̃ du ɐˈmo.ɾi/

Noun

maçã do amor f (plural maçãs do amor)

1. candy apple (apple with a hard sugar candy coating)

Further reading

• “maçã do amor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• maçã do amor on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt