abacate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese abacate. Doublet of avocado. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.bəˈkɑt.i/ === Noun === abacate (plural abacates) Synonym of avocado. === Further reading === “abacate”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish aguacate, borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl, from Proto-Nahuan *aawaka-tl. === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /abaˈkati/ Rhymes: (Brazil) -at͡ʃi, (Portugal) -atɨ Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca‧te === Noun === abacate m (plural abacates) avocado (fruit) Synonyms: aguacate, pera-abacate, pera-de-advogado avocado (tree) Synonyms: abacateira, abacateiro ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Kabuverdianu: abakati → Bulgarian: авока́до (avokádo) → English: abacate → Hunsrik: Abakatt → Makhuwa: apakati → Nheengatu: bakatí === Further reading === “abacate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “abacate”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “abacate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “abacate”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN