peroba

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi yperoba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾɔ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾɔ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾɔ.ba/

• Rhymes: -ɔbɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ro‧ba

Noun

peroba f (plural perobas)

1. (Brazil) various tree species in the families Apocynaceae and Bignoniaceae
   • 1972, Antônio Carlos Jobim (lyrics and music), “Águas de Março”:

     É peroba do campo
     É o nó da madeira

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “peroba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “peroba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• peroba on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt