avokado

Alternative forms

• avocado

Etymology

From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl (“testicle, avocado”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avokaːdo/, [avoˈkʰæːd̥o]

Noun

avokado c (singular definite avokadoen, plural indefinite avokadoer)

1. avocado

Noun

avokado (accusative singular avokadon, plural avokadoj, accusative plural avokadojn)

1. avocado

Etymology

From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl (“testicle, avocado”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avokaːto/

Noun

avokado f

1. avocado

Etymology

Likely through Spanish, ultimately from Nahuatl ahuacatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋokɑːdo/, IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋokɑdo/

Noun

avokado

1. avocado

Etymology

Borrowed from English avocado, Italian avocado, French avocat, German Avocado, Russian авокадо (avokado), Spanish aguacate. Paronym to advokato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.voˈka.do/

Noun

avokado (plural avokadi)

1. avocado

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Spanish aguacate, itself a borrowing from Nahuatl āhuacatl. In Europe, the term was also influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [avoˈkadoː]

• IPA^(key): [avoˈkaːdoː]

Noun

avokado m (invariable)

1. avocado plant (Persea americana)

   avokado ir lauru dzimtas augs ― the avocado is a plant of the family Lauraceae

2. avocado fruit (the large, yellowish-green, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree)

   avokado satur daudz tiamīnu (B1), riboflavīnu (B2) un A vitamīnu ― the avocado contains a lot of vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin) and A

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avocado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʋokǎːdo/
• Hyphenation: a‧vo‧ka‧do

Noun

avokádo m (Cyrillic spelling авока́до)

1. avocado

References

• “avokado” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Nahuatl ahuacatl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

avokado c

1. an avocado

References

• avokado in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avocado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑβokɑːdo]
• Hyphenation: a‧vo‧ka‧do

Noun

avokado (definite accusative avokadoyu, plural avokadolar)

1. avocado

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian авока́до (avokádo).

Noun

avokado

1. avocado

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “авокадо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika