superalimento

Italian

Etymology

Calque of English superfood; from super +‎ alimento (“food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.pe.ra.liˈmɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: su‧pe‧ra‧li‧mèn‧to

Noun

superalimento m (plural superalimenti)

1. (neologism) Synonym of supercibo (“superfood”)

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English superfood; from super +‎ alimento (“food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supeɾaliˈmento/ [su.pe.ɾa.liˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: su‧pe‧ra‧li‧men‧to

Noun

superalimento m (plural superalimentos)

1. superfood
   • 2015 November 20, “Por qué los modernos ya no comen #aguacate”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hasta hace tres nanosegundos el aguacate era el superalimento de moda.

     Until three nanoseconds ago the avocado was the trendy superfood.

Further reading

• “superalimento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10