goiabeira

See also: Goiabeira

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Taíno *wayababor.

Spanish guayababor.

Portuguese goiaba

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Portuguese -eira

Portuguese goiabeira

From goiaba (“guava”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.aˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [ɡoɪ̯.aˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.aˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [ɡoɪ̯.aˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.aˈbe(j).ɾa/ [ɡoɪ̯.aˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.ɐˈbɐj.ɾɐ/ [ɡoj.ɐˈβɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.ɐˈbɐj.ɾɐ/ [ɡoj.ɐˈβɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.ɐˈbej.ɾɐ/ [ɡoj.ɐˈβej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.ɐˈbej.ɾɐ/ [ɡoj.ɐˈβej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡoj.ɐˈbe.ɾɐ/ [ɡoj.ɐˈβe.ɾɐ]

Noun

goiabeira f (plural goiabeiras)

1. guava tree

Related terms

• goiaba
• goiabada

Further reading

• “goiabeira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “goiabeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026