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couve-de-bruxelas

Portuguese, noun/ˈko(w).vi d͡ʒi bɾuˈʃɛ.lɐs/

couve-de-bruxelas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brussels sprout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um legume com cabeças verdes e pequenas e que se assemelham a couves”.

What does couve-de-bruxelas mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineBrussels sprout

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. um legume com cabeças verdes e pequenas e que se assemelham a couves

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 couve-de-bruxelas

  • couves-de-bruxelas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce couve-de-bruxelas?

  • Brazil /ˈko(w).vi d͡ʒi bɾuˈʃɛ.lɐs/
  • Brazil [ˈko(ʊ̯).vi d͡ʒi bɾuˈʃɛ.lɐs]
  • /ˈko(w).vi d͡ʒi bɾuˈʃɛ.lɐʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.