pimenta

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

pi‧men‧ta

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈmẽ.tɐ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

O vinho , o sal e a pimenta tomam medidas .

Wine, salt and pepper take action.