zimbro

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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zimbro m (plural zimbros)

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

Derived terms

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