abrótea
Portuguese, noun/aˈbɾɔ.t͡ʃjɐ/
abrótea is spelled A-B-R-Ó-T-E-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrótea is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, a herb of the Mediterranean region)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Liliáceas, do gênero Asphodelus, também chamada gamão”.
What does abrótea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebranched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, a herb of the Mediterranean region)
- 2
feminineforkbeard (Phycis phycis, a hake of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic)
- 3
feminineBrazilian codling (Urophycis brasiliensis, a hake of the southern Atlantic coast of South America)
- 4
feminineArgentine hake (Merluccius hubbsi, a hake of the Argentine coast)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das Liliáceas, do gênero Asphodelus, também chamada gamão 2. peixe da família dos Gadídeos semelhante ao bacalhau
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abrótea
- abróteas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrótea?
- Brazil /aˈbɾɔ.t͡ʃjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈbɾɔ.tjɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈβɾɔ.tjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abrótea in Portuguese?
abrótea appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).