castanha-do-pará
Portuguese, noun
castanha-do-pará is spelled C-A-S-T-A-N-H-A-D-O-P-A-R-Á (14 letters). Castanha-do-pará is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, castanha do Pará is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of castanha-do-pará; still used…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “semente da castanheira-do-pará (Bertholletia excelsa)”.
What does castanha-do-pará mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)
- 2
femininebrazil nut (the nut of this tree)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of castanha-do-pará; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. semente da castanheira-do-pará (Bertholletia excelsa)
phrase: 1. vide castanha-do-pará
noun: 1. variante ortográfica de castanha-do-pará
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 castanha-do-pará
- castanhas-do-pará plural
- castanha do Pará alternative
- castanhas do Pará plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).