orégano

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === orégão, ourégão, orígano === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon). Doublet of orégão === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧ré‧ga‧no === Noun === orégano m (countable and uncountable, plural oréganos) (countable) oregano (Origanum vulgare, a herb of the mint family) (usually uncountable) oregano (leaves of the oregano plant used to flavour food) === Further reading === “orégano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “orégano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον (hórī́ganon), possibly from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, hill”) + γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈɾeɡano/ [oˈɾe.ɣ̞a.no] Rhymes: -eɡano Syllabification: o‧ré‧ga‧no === Noun === orégano m (plural oréganos) oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: oregano → German: Oregano === Further reading === “orégano”, 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