alfarroba

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Portuguese[edit]

alfarroba

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb) together with the definitive article al-, via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish algarroba.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.faˈho.bɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.bɐ/ [aʊ̯.faˈχo.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.faˈʁo.ba/ [aʊ̯.faˈho.ba]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐˈʁo.bɐ/ [aɫ.fɐˈʁo.βɐ]

Hyphenation: al‧far‧ro‧ba

Noun[edit]

alfarroba f (plural alfarrobas)

carob (fruit of the carob tree)

Derived terms[edit]

alfarrobeira

Further reading[edit]

Alfarrobeira on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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