pomo de adão
Portuguese, noun
pomo de adão is spelled P-O-M-O-D-E-A-D-Ã-O (10 letters). Pomo de adão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Adam's apple (the lump in the throat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, pomo de Adão is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of pomo de adão”. On this page, pomo-de-Adão is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. On this page, pomo-de-adão is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pomo de adão; still used…”.
What does pomo de adão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAdam's apple (the lump in the throat)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of pomo de adão
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of pomo de adão
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pomo de adão; 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. árvore nativa da Ásia pertencente à familia das rutáceas; seu nome científico é Citrus adami
noun: 1. a saliência formada na parte anterior do pescoço pela cartilagem tireoide 2. o mesmo que pómulo
phrase: 1. saliência da cartilagem tireoide, existente abaixo do osso hioide, junto à laringe, no pescoço humano 2. o mesmo que pômulo
noun: 1. vide pomo de adão
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 pomo de adão
- pomos de Adão plural
- pomos de adão plural
- pomo de Adão alternative
- pomo-de-adão alternative
- pomo-de-Adão alternative
- pomos-de-Adão plural
- pomos-de-adão plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).