abacaxi

Borrowed from Portuguese abacaxi (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi ibakatí.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.bə.kəˌʃi/, /ˌæ.bə.kəˈʃi/

abacaxi (plural abacaxis)

1. A large Brazilian pineapple.

• abacaxí (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old Tupi ibakatí.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˌba.ka.ˈʃi/, IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˌba.kɐ.ˈʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.kɐ.ˈʃi/
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca‧xi

abacaxi m (plural abacaxis)

1. (Brazil) pineapple (fruit)

   Synonym: ananás (Portugal)

2. (Brazil) pineapple (plant)

   Synonyms: abacaxizeiro (Brazil), ananás (Portugal)

3. (Portugal) a certain fragrant, sweet cultivar of pineapple
4. (Brazil, slang) a difficult situation
5. (Brazil, military slang) pineapple (hand grenade)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:abacaxi.

• descascar um abacaxi
• abacaxizal
• abacaxizeiro

• abacaxi in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913