zimbro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from an earlier form *jĩbro < *jĩebro, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Compare Galician cimbro, Spanish enebro. Doublet of the learned borrowing junípero.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzĩ.bɾu/

  • Hyphenation: zim‧bro
  • Audio (Brazil)(file)

Noun

zimbro m (plural zimbros)

  1. juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)
    Synonym: junípero

Derived terms
  • zimbral
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