Feminine

mandioca

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine) cassava plant (Manihot esculenta)
  2. (feminine) cassava root
  3. (colloquial, feminine) any food
  4. (colloquial, feminine) feast, tuck-in, banquet
  5. (Brazil, feminine) (Percophis brasiliensis) Brazilian flathead
  6. (Brazil, feminine, figuratively, vulgar) penis

Concepts

mandioca

cassava starch

Manihot esculenta

Manihot utilissima

bitter cassava

mandioc

tapioca plant

sweet manioc

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.kɐ/
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mani Proto-Tupian *ʔekʷ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔok Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok Old Tupi mandi'okabor. Portuguese mandioca Borrowed from Old Tupi mandi'oka.

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