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feijão-frade

Portuguese, noun/fe(j)ˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi/

feijão-frade is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das leguminosas, subfamília papilionoídea (Vigna unguiculata)”.

What does feijão-frade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineblack-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata)

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 leguminosas, subfamília papilionoídea (Vigna unguiculata)

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 feijão-frade

  • feijões-frades plural
  • feijões-frade plural
  • feijão-de-frade alternative
  • feijão-fradinho alternative

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

How do you pronounce feijão-frade?

  • Brazil /fe(j)ˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil [fe(ɪ̯)ˌʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi]
  • Portugal /fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.dɨ/

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