Polyglot Dictionary

pastinaca

/pastʃiˈnakɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as pastinacas

Meaning

  1. parsnip

    • A pastinaca é doce.

      The parsnip is sweet.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Pastinake

Pastinake is the German word for the same thing — both mean "parsnip."

Spanish

chirivía

chirivía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "parsnip."

Practice

1 What does pastinaca mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ é doce.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pastinaca?

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