alho-porro
Portuguese, noun/ˌa.ʎuˈpo.ʁu/
alho-porro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “leek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Liliáceas de cabeça esbranquiçada, alongada e com um paladar quase igual ao da cebola -…”.
What does alho-porro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleek
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 de cabeça esbranquiçada, alongada e com um paladar quase igual ao da cebola - Allium porrum L. 2. a variedade espontânea tem uma cabeça mais pequena e um caule comprido que termina numa flor bastante volumosa de cor roxa-esbranquiçada - Allium ampeloprasum L.
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 alho-porro
- alhos-porros plural
- alho-poró alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alho-porro?
- Brazil /ˌa.ʎuˈpo.ʁu/
- Brazil [ˌa.ʎuˈpo.hu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alho-porro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.