pimpinela
Portuguese, noun/pĩ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
pimpinela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “any plant of the genus Pimpinella” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta hortense originária de América central (Sechium edule) chuchu”.
What does pimpinela mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany plant of the genus Pimpinella
- 2
femininechayote (Sechium edule, a tropical fruit-bearing vine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta hortense originária de América central (Sechium edule) chuchu
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 pimpinela
- pimpinelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pimpinela?
- Brazil /pĩ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /pĩ.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pimpinela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pimpinela in Portuguese?
pimpinela appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).