pimienta

== Old Spanish == === Etymology === From pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /piˈmjenta/ === Noun === pimienta f (usually uncountable) pepper, peppercorns ==== Related terms ==== pimiento ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: pimienta == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”). Compare Portuguese pimenta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /piˈmjenta/ [piˈmjẽn̪.t̪a] Rhymes: -enta Syllabification: pi‧mien‧ta === Noun === pimienta f (plural pimientas) pepper (herb, peppercorns) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: paminta → Central Bikol: paminta → Karao: paminta → Tagalog: paminta → Waray-Waray: paminta === Further reading === “pimienta”, 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