Portuguese

Proper noun

Pimenta

1. Pimenta (municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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 […]

French

Verb

pimenta

1. third-person singular past historic of pimenter

Italian

Verb

pimenta

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈmẽ.ta/, /pi.ˈmẽ.tɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.ˈmẽ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: pi‧men‧ta

Noun

pimenta f (plural pimentas)

1. pepper (plant)
2. (uncountable) pepper (spice)
3. pepper (fruit)

Synonyms

• (plant): pimenteiro

Derived terms

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