pau-rosa
Portuguese, noun/ˌpawˈʁɔ.zɐ/
pau-rosa is spelled P-A-U-R-O-S-A (7 letters). Pau-rosa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rosewood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família Lauraceae, seu nome científico é Aniba rosaeodora”.
What does pau-rosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerosewood
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 Lauraceae, seu nome científico é Aniba rosaeodora
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 pau-rosa
- paus-rosa plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pau-rosa?
- Brazil /ˌpawˈʁɔ.zɐ/
- Brazil [ˌpaʊ̯ˈhɔ.zɐ]
- /ˌpawˈʁɔ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.