floresta

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ Hyphenation: flo‧res‧ta === Etymology 1 === Ultimately from Early Medieval Latin foresta. Influenced by flor (“flower”). ==== Noun ==== floresta f (plural florestas) forest (dense collection of trees) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:floresta Meronym: árvore ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== floresta inflection of florestar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “floresta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “floresta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Early Medieval Latin foresta. Influenced by flor (“flower”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floˈɾesta/ [floˈɾes.t̪a] Rhymes: -esta Syllabification: flo‧res‧ta === Noun === floresta f (plural florestas) woodland, greenwood, dell, forest (dense collection of trees) Synonyms: bosque, selva, jungla collection or gathering of pleasant things ==== Meronyms ==== árbol ==== Related terms ==== === See also === florilegio === Further reading === “floresta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “floresta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 919