pimenta

Meaning

1. (countable, feminine) pepper (plant)
2. (Brazil, countable, feminine) pepper (fruit)
3. (Brazil, Portugal, countable, feminine) pepper (fruit)
4. (feminine, uncountable) pepper (spice)
5. (countable, feminine) hot sauce

Concepts

pepper

black pepper

chili

chilli

chilie

ground

hot pepper

🌶️

paprika

peppercorn

red pepper

white pepper

allspice

hot pepper

🌶️

capsicum

cayenne pepper

Chile

🇨🇱

Synonyms

pimentão

pimenta-do-reino

pimenteiro

chili

pimenta branca

pimenta negra

colorau

malagueta

páprica

Translations

Pfeffer

pimienta

poivre

pepe

peper

karabiber

pebre

biber

piper

فلفل

فِلْفِل

فُلْفُل

πιπέρι

peperoncino

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈmẽ.tɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pigmenta

In summary

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.