orégano

See also: oregano and Oregano

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾɛ.ɡa.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾɛ.ɡa.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾɛ.ɡa.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾɛ.ɡɐ.nu/ [ɔˈɾɛ.ɣɐ.nu]

• Hyphenation: o‧ré‧ga‧no

Noun

orégano m (plural oréganos)

1. oregano (Origanum vulgare, a herb of the mint family)
2. oregano (leaves of the oregano plant used to flavour food)

Synonyms

• orégão
• ourégão

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον (hórī́ganon), possibly from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, hill”) + γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeɡano/ [oˈɾe.ɣ̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -eɡano
• Syllabification: o‧ré‧ga‧no

Noun

orégano m (plural oréganos)

1. oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare)

Derived terms

• no todo el monte es orégano
• orégano cubano
• orégano francés
• orégano mexicano

 

Descendants

• → English: oregano
• → German: Oregano

Further reading

• “orégano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28