pimienta

Etymology

From pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈmjẽn.ta]

Noun

pimienta f (usually uncountable)

1. pepper, peppercorns
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4r.

     Negra es de color ¬ pareſce en ella ya q́to de uermeiura; aſſi que ſemeia alos granos dela pimienta.

     It is black in color, but it also has to it some redness, so that it resembles peppercorns.

Etymology

From Old Spanish pimienta, from pimiento (“pepper plant”), from Latin pigmentum (“color, pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈmjen.ta]
• Rhymes: -enta

Noun

pimienta f (plural pimientas)

1. pepper (herb, peppercorns)