marmita

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French marmite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mərˈmi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾˈmi.ta]

Noun

marmita f (plural marmites)

1. a large metal cooking pot

Hypernyms

• olla

Further reading

• “marmita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmi.tɐ/ [maɦˈmi.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmi.tɐ/ [maɦˈmi.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈmi.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻˈmi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈmi.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -itɐ
• Hyphenation: mar‧mi‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French marmite (“pot”).

Noun

marmita f (plural marmitas)

1. lunchbox
2. (by extension) a meal transported inside a lunchbox

   Synonyms: marmitex, merenda, quentinha

   Eu fiz uma marmita para levar para o trabalho

   I made a meal to bring to work.

3. (informal) prostitute
4. (geology) giant's kettle
5. (Brazil, colloquial) belly

Derived terms

• marmita de Papin
• marmiteiro
• marmitex
• marmitinha
• passado da marmita
• passar-se da marmita
• porta-marmita

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

marmita f (plural marmitas)

1. diminutive of marma

References

• “marmita”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “marmita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “marmita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

una marmita

Etymology

Borrowed from French marmite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈmita/ [maɾˈmi.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: mar‧mi‧ta

Noun

marmita f (plural marmitas)

1. steam kettle, jacketed kettle
2. pressure cooker

   Synonyms: olla a presión, olla de presión

3. soup kettle, cauldron
4. (geology) giant's kettle

Related terms

• marmitako

 

Further reading

• “marmita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28