pinheiro

Meaning

1. (masculine) pine (any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or similar)
2. (diminutive, masculine, usually) Christmas tree (tree decorated with hangings during Christmas)
3. (South-Brazil, masculine) Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia, a tree of South America)

Concepts

pine

fir

pine tree

fir tree

Pinus

true fir

true pine

Scots Pine

Paraná pine

silver fir

spruce

pine-tree

genus Pinus

Synonyms

abeto

pinho

Pinus

araucária

pinheiro-do-paraná

Translations

pino

pin

pino

Kiefer

pijnboom

πεύκο

den

pi

pinus

sapin

Föhre

avet

abete

çam

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: piñeiro

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pineyro. By surface analysis, pinho (“pine tree, pinewood”) + -eiro.
Compare Galician piñeiro.