pimenta

See also: Pimenta

English

Noun

pimenta (plural pimentas)

1. pimento
   • 1814, John Lunan, Hortus jamaicensis, page 67:

     The pimenta trees grow spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica, but more particularly on hilly situations near the sea, on the northern side of that island […]

Anagrams

• Tepiman, naptime, paiment

French

Verb

pimenta

1. third-person singular past historic of pimenter

Italian

Verb

pimenta

1. inflection of pimentare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pentima

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta, form of pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈmẽ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
• Homophone: Pimenta
• Hyphenation: pi‧men‧ta

Noun

pimenta f (plural pimentas)

1. pepper (plant)

   Synonym: pimenteiro

2. (uncountable) pepper (spice)
3. pepper (fruit)
4. hot sauce

Derived terms

• pimenta malagueta
• pimenta nos olhos dos outros é refresco
• pimenta preta
• pimenta-da-jamaica
• pimenta-do-reino
• pimentão
• pimentinha

 

Related terms

• apimentado
• apimentar
• pigmento
• pimental
• pimenteira
• pimenteiral
• pimenteiro
• pimento

 

Further reading

• “pimenta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “pimenta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024